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12th Business Education Convention

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Slogan and Program

Under the slogan Learning how to teach Economy/Economics - Contributions from Business Education Research and Practice, the Institute for Business Education at, on behalf of all the Austrian Business Education locations invited to attend the

12th Austrian Business Education Convention

Time: Friday, April 26, 2018 from 9.15 a. m. - 6.00 p. m.

Place: WU Wien, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

Program of the 12th Austrian Business Education Convention on April 26, 2018

Conference Material

At this BE Convention, there were several poster presentations between the keynotes in Ceremonial Hall 1 at WU in the morning. The afternoon program was divided into four tracks with paper presentations, followed by two symposia on the following topics

  1. Year of the Practice Enterprise - between Learner Orientation, Entrepreneurship and Digitalization und

  2. Economic Middle Class/Bourgeoisie Education.

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And as has become tradition, presentations and subsequent discussions on current issues were organized by staff members from all Austrian BE locations.

Morning

Research-based Teaching and Learning in Business Education - reloaded

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michaela Stock

The Basic Attitude of Austrian Business Educators towards Teaching Methodology. Selected Empirical Findings

A. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Hans Neuweg

Poster Presentations

Opening up the Study Room for Internships together - Tasks and Opportunities for Intermediate and Higher-level Vocational Schools

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Annette Ostendorf

Is it (im)possible to be financially educated?

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bettina Fuhrmann
Afternoon - Track A

Learning Tasks in Textbooks - Empirical Findings on the cognitive Activation Potential in the Subject of Accounting

Dr. Michael Thoma and Valérie Schumacher

What are the Benefits of Station-based Learning in Accounting Classes? An Experimental Study on Learning Success and Motivation.

Mag. Ingrid Dobrovits, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Christiane Schopf, Mag. Petra Schmid, MSc (WU) and Mag. Markus Lorenz, MSc (WU)

Stocking up Knowledge or only looking-up as needed? - An Empirical Study on the Retention Performance and Applicability of acquired Knowledge in Accounting at a later Stage.

ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Richard Fortmüller and Lisa Kreilinger MSc (WU)

How in Step with actual Practice is Cost Accounting Teaching? A critical Examination of the Curriculum and Textbooks.

em. o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Wilfried Schneider
Afternoon - Track B

Models for Building Trust in Everyday School Life

Mag. Silke Grinke

Ethical and Moral Aspects of Education for Gifted Youth with special Reference to Full-Time Vocational School Education.

Dr. Eva Adelsberger-Höss

Bringing Digital Communication into the Classroom - Challenges during Implementation

Susanne Kamsker, BSc MSc and Mag. Dr. Peter Slepcevic-Zach

Young Refugees in Vocational Education and Training - Status quo and Challenges

Mag. Hannes Hautz, MSc and Simone Rabl, BSc MSc
Afternoon - Track C

Service Learning as a Space for Learning - Impact and Didactic Design

Mag. Dr. Peter Slepcevic-Zach

Development of Informal Skills of Managers in the Workplace

Mag. Christin Ehrlich

Where does Students' Interest in Business Education come from?

Ass.‐Prof. Dr. Martin Steger

Which Elements of their Education do Business Education Students find meaningful?

Mag. Ruben Kulcsar
Afternoon - Track D

NAINA - Economic Education from the Perspective of Senior High School Students

Julia Szoncsitz, MA, MSc

Economic Knowledge of High School Students at the End of Junior High School: Development and Testing of a Test Instrument for the 8th Grade

Herwig Rumpold, MSc, MSc, BSc

What do young People know about Taxes? Two Empirical Studies among High School Students of Handelsakademien and University Students of Economics and Business

Nora Cechovsky, MSc (WU) and Rosanna Steininger, MSc (WU)
Symposia

Year of the Practice Enterprise - between Learner Orientation, Entrepreneurship and Digitalization

Symposium 1
Impressions from the 12th Business Education Convention