Enhancing the 2021 EU Future Conference, more than 50 Viennese school classes participated in the KreativCHALLENGE competition that was planned and organised by the European Office of the Board of Education for Vienna by submitting nearly 200 colourful contributions illustrating the topic ‘YOUR IDEA FOR OUR EUROPE’. This was a real achievement considering the strict [...]
As part of the InnoSchool project, a game-based learning model for entrepreneurship education in secondary school was developed. The InnoSchool learning model is based on edutainment, i.e. the combination of learning via online games and lessons in the classroom. It increases entrepreneurial skills and promotes ideas for social innovations in our society. Easy transferability to [...]
The BIG_inn and the EduSTEM project teams at the European Office have started exciting new projects about exploratory learning with partners in the neighbouring countries. In the academic year 2022, teachers from around 100 primary and lower secondary schools will attend our STEM workshops and receive not only an introduction to language-sensitive STEM teaching but [...]
Thanks to the EU project CODES and following on from the start-box language, all Viennese primary and special needs schools will receive a start-box mathematics mathematics in the academic year 2021/2022. The Educational Director of the Board of Education for Vienna Heinrich Himmer would like to wish all recipients enjoyable and successful teaching lessons with [...]
During this year’s special educational fair, the Interpedagogica, the European Office showcased different projects with varying topics and contents ranging from coding to mechatronics to languages and mathematics. Teachers who visited our info-stall had the opportunity to test their own digital competence as well as receive specialised advice for the implementation in the classroom of [...]
This year’s European Day was on 7 May and took place on Vienna’s Mariahilfer Street where there was a very interesting culture programme as well as info-stalls with plenty of activities to encourage audience participation. Of course, the European Office of the Board of Education for Vienna was there with an exciting programme showcasing the [...]
On 19 May 2022, a regional network meeting took place in the context of our Erasmus+ Internationalisation Strategy enterEurope. The topic of the meeting, which was hosted by the Higher Technical College Vienna-West was ‘STEM - Girls Go Technical.’The headteacher, Thomas Angerer and his team made it possible for the schools who are involved in [...]
In 2021/2022 as part of the DigiMe project, the European Office organised excursions for school classes and teachers in order to exchange and network on cross-border activities on the topic of digitisation and education. For example, a workshop on ‘ICT and digital approaches at schools’ was offered for teachers in the UNESCO World Heritage city [...]
"IN SITU Entrepreneurial Brunch Club", the series of meetings carried out as part of the IN SITU project was integrated into the key competence – „entrepreneurial competence“ – defined by the European Union. It aimed to make entrepreneurial thinking and action tangible for pupils at an early age and to inspire them to tackle and [...]
In 2022, various workshops with professional trainers implemented by the ERDF-funded INTERREG projects BIG_inn AT-HU and EduSTEM AT-CZ took place at the European Office and the Board of Education for Vienna. In a challenging time, school leaders were supported and strengthened in their leadership role – the video provides tips and shows best- and worst-practice. [...]
