Institute for Secondary Teacher Education

The team of the Institute for Secondary Teacher Education conceives, organizes and evaluates the Initial Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development for teachers of Secondary schools. In the field of Initial Teacher Education it cooperates with its partners in the Teacher Education Network South-East in all general education subjects taught at Secondary schools. It accompanies and counsels Secondary schools as well as thematically relevant education networks and education regions in the development of subject-related teaching.

The team of the Institute conducts research in the general didactics and subject sciences of Secondary School Education with the aim of contributing to subject-related teaching development. It 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 conferences in the scientific community. The Centre for Didactic Research in Natural Science Education, the Centre for Research and Didactics of Children’s and Youth Literature and the Centre for Nutrition and Health Education as well as the Regional Didactics Centres for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History and Geography are assigned to the Institute.

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

Initial Teacher Education in the Bachelor and Master programmes for Secondary Teacher Education in joint studies in the Teacher Education Network South-East
subject-specific Continuing Development teaching for teachers of general subjects in Secondary schools
Continuing Professional Development in subject-specific university courses of studies
research and development projects in the subject-specific didactics and subject sciences of general subject teaching in secondary education
the Centre for Research and Didactics of Children’s and Youth Literature, the Centre for Didactic Research in Natural Science Education and the Centre for Nutrition and Health Education
the Regional Didactics Centres for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History and Geography
the dissemination of research findings and products

Management

ILⁱⁿ HS-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Klaudia
Singer

Head of Institute, Mathematics

HS-Prof. Mag. DI Josef Ranz

Deputy Head of Institute, Head of Studies of Mathematics

Office

Viktoria Gombocz

Secretary

Monika Müller

Secretary

Team of the Institute

Mag.^aInes Cermak

Continuing Education Geography and Economics
(currently on maternity leave)

Prof. Mag. Dr. Gilbert Flecker

Head of Music Education

Mag.^a Antonia Hebenstreit

Education Manager of Continuing Education of History, Geography and Economics

Mag.^a Agnes Koschuta

Continuing Education of Music

Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Martina Preisegger

Continuing Professional Development English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian

HS-Prof.ⁱⁿ DIⁱⁿ Mag.^aDr.ⁱⁿ Marion
Starzacher

Head of Studies of Technical and Textile Design

Prof.ⁱⁿ MMag.^a Sonja Enzinger

Head of Studies of Biology and Environmental Studies
(currently on maternity leave)

Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Karin Gollowitsch

Head of Studies of Technical and Textile Design

Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^aDr.ⁱⁿAndrea Holzinger

Head of Studies of Inclusion

HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Matthias
Kowasch

Head of Studies of Geography and Economics

Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^aAnita Recher

Continuing Professional Development Sports and Physical Education

MMag. Reinhard Trapp

Education Manager of Continuing Education of Descriptive Geometry and Mathematics

Mag.^a Susanne Felber

Education Manager of Continuing Education of German and Performing Arts

Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Hammer, BA

Head of Studies of History

Mag.^a Josefine Jaritz

Head of Studies of Chemistry

Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Alice Pietsch

Head of Studies of Chemistry

HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Erich Reichel

Head of Studies of Physics

Mag. Martin Trausinger

Continuing Professional Development Biology, Environmental Studies and Nutrition

Coordinators for subject-specific didactics

[Translate to English:]

An der PH Steiermark arbeiten mehrere Fachdidaktikerinnen und Fachdidaktiker, die die Kooperationen mit den Partnerinstitutionen, dem Landesschulrat und den Schulen besonders pflegen und als Ansprechpartnerinnen und Ansprechpartner fungieren.

Zu den Aufgaben der Koordinatorinnen und Koordinatoren zählen:

die Abhaltung fachdidaktischer Lehrveranstaltungen,
die Mitarbeit an der Weiterentwicklung und Evaluation des jeweiligen Lehramtscurriculums,
die Mitwirkung an den (Regionalen) Fachdidaktikzentren,
die Betreuung der Ausbildung von Mentorinnen und Mentoren,
die starke Einbeziehung von Schulen und des schulischen Umfeldes,
die eigene Forschungstätigkeit oder die Mitarbeit an Forschungsprojekten.

Name	Subject	PH Steiermark	School
Mag.^a Margit Delefant	Biology and Environmental Studies	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education	BG/BRG Fürstenfeld
Mag. Dr. Gerhard Rath	Physics	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education	BRG Kepler
Mag. Dr. Michael Hammer, BA	History	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education, Institute for Early Childhood and Primary School Education
Mag.^a Josefine Jaritz	Chemistry	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education	BG/BRG Carneri Graz
Andreas Führer, BEd MA	Computer Science	Institute for Education Practice and Practitioner Research, Institute for Digital Media Education	Praxis-Neue Mittelschule
Dr.ⁱⁿ Gerda Kernbichler, BEd MA	Nutrition, Health and Consumption	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education
Mag. Arno Logar	Movement and Sports	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education, Institute for Digital Media Education
Mag.^a Ursula Komposch	Inclusive Pedagogy	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education, Institute for Early Childhood and Primary School Education
Mag.^a Daniela Rechberger	Geography and Economics	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education	HLW Sozialmanagement Graz
Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Klaudia Singer	Mathematics	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education
Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Elisabeth Pölzleitner	English Studies	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education	Praxis-NMS der PH Steiermark
Mag.^a Karin Gollowitsch	Technical and Textile Design	Institute for Secondary Teacher Education