Institute for Early Childhood and Primary School Education

The team of the Institute for Early Childhood and Primary School Education conceives, organizes and evaluates the Initial Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development for Early Childhood and Primary School teachers. It accompanies and counsels educational institutions of the Early Childhood and Primary School level as well as thematically corresponding educational networks and educational regions in quality development for teaching, supervision and organisation.
The team of the Institute conducts research in Early Childhood and Primary School Education and cooperates regionally, nationally and internationally. Its research findings and products are disseminated in the teaching and counselling of the professional community as well as in scientific publications and at congresses in the scientific community. The Research Centre for Inclusive Education (FzIB - Forschungszentrum für Inklusive Bildung) is assigned to the Institute and it runs the study workshops for mathematics didactics, German didactics and general science and social studies didactics.
Core tasks of the Institute are the conception, coordination, implementation and evaluation of the
- academic teaching in the Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education, in the Bachelor and Master Programmes for Primary Initial Teacher Education and in the Master Programmes for Primary Initial Teacher Education in Inclusive Education
- academic teaching in the specializations in the Primary Teacher Initial Education Bachelor Programme
- academic teaching in the Continuing Professional Development Programme for Primary, Inclusive and Early Childhood educators
- academic teaching in the university courses of the Continuing Professional Education Programme
- Research Centre for Inclusive Education (FzIB)
- Pracitcal Study Workshops for mathematics didactics, German didactics and Sciences didactics
- consultation and support for teaching development in Primary Education schools and quality development in Early Childhood Education institutions
- research and development projects in Primary School and Early Childhood Education
- dissemination of research findings and products
Management
Management

ILin Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Andrea
Holzinger
Head of Institute

Deputy Head of Institute

Prof.in Silvia Kopp-Sixt, BEd MA
Deputy Head of Institute

Prof.in Michaela Reitbauer, BEd MA
Deputy Head of Institute

Deputy Head of Institute
Office
Office

Secretary, Continuing Professional Development

Secretary, Initial Teacher Education
Lecturers
Lecturers

ÖKOLOG

Language-sensitive Teaching

Art Education, Gallery

Prof. Mag. Dr. Gilbert Flecker
Music Education

Language-sensitive Teaching

Dyscalculia

Prof.in Mag.a Patricia Geider, Bakk.a
Early Childhood Education

Handicrafts Didactics
Wilma Hauser

Prof.in Wilma Hauser, Bakk.a MA
Global Citizenship Education

Early Childhood Education

Lecture Management

Movement and Sports

Individualisation

General studies, ÖKOLOG
Eva Kupplent

Movement and Sports

Linguistic Education

Mathematics

HS-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Silke
Luttenberger, BEd
Educational Sciences

Continuing Professional Education Master Programme

Art projects

Leisure Education

Linguistic education

Handicrafts

Art Education

Mathematics

Music Education

Handicrafts

Pedagogical Psychology

Sports

Prof.in Mag.a Gail Blahowsky, BA
English

HS-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Konstanze
Edtstadler
Language Education
Birgit Flitsch-Fröhlich

School Entry

Prof.in Mag.a Eva Freytag, BEd
General Studies

HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Erich
Frischenschlager
Movement and Sports

Prof.in Dr.in Monika Gigerl, BEd MA
Global Citizenship Education

Prof. Mag. DDr. Christoph Gruber,
MA
Mathematics
Elisabeth Herunter

Prof.in Mag.a Elisabeth Herunter
Linguistic Education

Prof.in Mag.a Christina Imp, BSc
Mathematics

Educational Sciences

Inclusive Education

Instrumental Music

Continuing Professional Education Master Programme

Continuing Professional Education Master Programme

Educational Sciences

Traffic Education

General Studies

General Studies, Nature and Engineering

Instrumental Music Education

Movement and Sports

Media Education

Language-sensitive Teaching

Lecture Management

Art Education

German

Lecture management

Handicrafts
Nora Wiesauer

Science Education

Prof.in Mag.a Susanne Beyer-Reicht
Movement and Sports

Music Education

General Studies

Inclusive Pedagogy

Movement and Sports

Music Education

HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Karl-Heinz Graß
Mathematics

Education for the blind and visually impaired

Music Education

Instrumental Music

Instrumental Music

Inclusive Education
Barbara Krepcik

Music Education

Religion and Interreligiousness

Inclusive Education

Inclusive Education

Movement and Sports

Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Nora Luschin-
Ebengreuth
General Studies, ÖKOLOG

Movement and Sports

Instrumental music
Aleksandra Pilz

Civic education

General studies

Handicrafts

Media Education

Music

Early Childhood Education

Media Education
Contact
Contact
University College of Teacher Education Styria
Institute for Early Childhood and Primary School Education
Hasnerplatz 12
8010 Graz
Continuing Professional Development:
Phone: +43 316 8067 6102
Education:
Phone: +43 316 8067 6103
E-Mail: primar@phst.at
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