As an important measure in the internationalisation of curricula, the “International Teacher Competences" university course was developed in cooperation with ten university colleges of the international “VoiceS Network". The university course (DE/EN), which has been run bilingually since 2015/16, promotes the acquisition of international and culturally reflexive competences.

HLG „International Teacher Competences”

The university course “Empowering Education in a European Context” is a joint programme between the University College of Teacher Education Styria and partner universities in Belgium, Spain and Denmark. It invites both international and Austrian students to study in Graz for one semester. It comprises 30 EC and each module is taught by teachers from one of the partner countries. One of these modules is a three-week teaching practice in one of the countries. Students acquire the skills to study and work as teachers in an international context.

HLG „Empowering Education in a European Context“

Due to the great demand in the field of German as a Second Language (Deutsch als Zweitsprache: DaZ), the amount of university courses was more than doubled. At the request of the Directorate of Education Styria, university courses were also offered in the Upper Styria educational region.

• Curriculum “German as a Second Language in the Context of Plurilingualism in Primary Teacher Education”
• Curriculum “German as a Second Language in the Context of Plurilingualism in Secondary Teacher Education”

The nationwide university course of studies in cooperation with the University of Education Upper Austria and the ÖSZ (Österreichisches-Sprachen-Kompetenz-Zentrum – Austrian centre of language competence) is a qualification programme for teachers at university colleges (in initial teacher education and continuous professional development) and schools who would like to work as multipliers on the subject of language-sensitive teaching.

HLG “Language-sensitive Teaching”

The nationwide university course of studies is a qualification programme for teachers at University Colleges who would like to work on the subject of German as a second language in initial teacher education and continuous professional development with the core themes of methodology/didactics.

HLG “Didactics for German as a Second Language – Update for Multipliers”

University College of Teacher Education Styria Campus South
Institute of Diversity Studies and International Relations
Ortweinplatz 1, 8010 Graz

Tel.: +43 316 8067 6602
E-Mail: international@phst.at, diversitaet@phst.at