Competence and Research Centres

Competence Centres

Competence Centres are organisationals units which compact the expertise of lecturers in a padagogical field in order to intensify and enhance its visibility. They have an effect on the profile of the University College of Education Styria and foster regional, national and international research and cooperation.  

• National Competence Centre BIMM
• Centre for Pedagogical-Practical Studies
• Centre for Evaluation and Quality Management
• Centre for Personnel and Higher Education Development
• Centre for Communication and Public Relations
• Centre for Research Support

Research Centres

• Centre for Didactic Research in Natural Science Education  (NATech)
• Centre for Research and Didactics of Children’s and Youth Literature (KiJuLit)
• Research Centre for Inclusive Education (FzIB)
• Centre for Nutrition and Health Education (ErGeP)

Competence Teams

Competence Working Groups are teams of experts for strategically relevant topics from the different organisational units of the University College of Teacher Education Styria. They carry out special activities by coordinating experts, organising projects and counselling  defined target groups. 

• Competence Team Lecture Management
• Competence Team Admission
• Competence Team Inklusive Studying
• Competence Team SCHiLF/SCHüLF
• Competence Team Educational Standards
• Competence Team USB-DaZ

Regional Educational Competence Centres (RECC)

Regional Educational Competence Centres are interinstitutional an cooperative centres for subject-specific didactis with the University Graz, the Catholic University College of Teacher Education Graz, the regional schooladministration and sometimes the Technical University Graz and Joanneum Research. They aim at enhancing systematically the subject-specific didactics fort he teacher education in Styria.

• RECC Biology und Environmental Development (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt, TUG, JR)
• RECC Chemistry (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)
• RECC History, Social Studies and Political Education (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)
• RECC Geography and Economics (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)
• RECC Mathematics und Geometry (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)
• RECC Physics (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)
• RECC Religious Education (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)
• RECC Informatics (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt, TU, JR)
• RECC Languages and Cultures (PHSt, KFU, KPHG, BDSt)