The team of the Institute for Educational Sciences conceives, organizes and evaluates the Initial Teacher Education and Continuous Professional Development in the Educational Sciences for educators of all school types and all age groups. It accompanies and counsels schools, other educational institutions and thematically corresponding educational networks and educational regions in quality development in general didactic, educational, psychological and sociological questions of teaching, school and personal development.

The team of the Institute conducts research in the field of educational sciences and cooperates regionally, nationally and internationally. It disseminates its research findings and products in the teaching and counselling of the professional community as well as in scientific publications and at congresses in the scientific community. The Institute for Educational Sciences works in all its tasks throughout the entire University College of Teacher Education Styria.

Core tasks of the Institute are the conception, coordination, implementation and evaluation of

• Initial Teacher Education  of educational science fundamentals in Bachelor’s and Master's programmes at Primary Teacher Education as well as at Secondary Teacher Education and Secondary Vocational Teacher Education
• Continuous Professional Development in subject-specific university courses of studies
• research projects in the field of educational sciences
• the dissemination of research findings and products