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Dotter, Franz; Bidoli, Cynthia J. Kellett – Sign Language Studies, 2017
The high degree of comprehensibility between the signed languages in Trieste (present-day Italy) and Austria is very probably due to their joint history of deaf schools within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Investigation undertaken in archives in Trieste and Klagenfurt has revealed interesting similarities in the education of deaf children there…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Educational History, Special Schools
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Kavalir, Monika; Chudoba, Gregor – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2020
The paper presents the project entitled Neighbours with a Go-Between that was carried out by the University of Klagenfurt (Austria) and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) between 2016 and 2019, combining indirect literary translation and intercultural communication. Based on the analysis of student reports, the study shows how the task of…
Descriptors: Translation, Intercultural Communication, Communities of Practice, Program Descriptions
Bloe, Diasmer – Educational Testing Service, 2015
In partnership with Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, Salzburg Global Seminar hosted an international strategic dialogue of 60 thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners from institutions serving marginalized populations to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Access to Education, Student Diversity
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Bormann, Inka; Michelsen, Gerd – European Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article introduces a tri-national research and development project which aims to develop indicators for the cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary educational task "education for sustainable development" (ESD). These indicators are meant to help monitor the implementation of ESD efforts in schools and institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Sustainable Development, Research Projects
Renner, Richard R. – 1993
An Austrian elementary teacher in a Tyrolean mountain village, who spent a year in the United States learning about the education system, provides her viewpoint on Austrian education in an interview. The teacher discusses the Austrian tracking system as a principal means of achieving educational quality. She believes that as long as the Austrian…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Cooperation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1988
This report provides an overview of primary education in Austria. Section 1 describes: (1) the structure of the school system; (2) school organization; (3) admission to primary school; (4) premature admission to primary school; (5) deferral from school attendance; (6) official aims of primary education; (7) responsibility for the organization of…
Descriptors: Coordination, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation