Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 1998/2
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Didactic Aspects of Field Trips, Study Tours, and Practical Training
Christian Vielhaber (Vienna, Austria)
Project Oriented Teaching: Routines at Schools - Frontiers at Universities
Summary
Since the eighties the didactic as well as the practical training of scholars has been considered to be of primary importance at the Institute of Geography of the Vienna University. While in the past several efforts to improve the qualification standards of the teacher training institutions outside Vienna turned out to be unsuccessful primarily due to the unwillingness of the scientifical staff to increase the number of teaching oriented training courses the steps taken for a better standard at the Vienna institute proved to be highly effficient. The most decisive step certainly was the introduction of the socalled cooperation projects, a model showing that university and school can successfully work together. These cooperation projects made it possible for every student to participate fully self responsible in project and action oriented teaching units. Teachers are not allowed to intervene but are required to observe and to reflect whats going on due to the course of the project or fieldwork thus gaining a complete new understanding of his pupil`s abilities.By this implementation of practical training facilities at universities a new era could be established.
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