9th 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
9th Austrian Business Education Convention
Time: Friday, April 17, 2015 from 9.00 a. m. - 5.00 p. m.
Place: WU Wien, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna
Program of the 9th Austrian Business Education Convention on April 17, 2015
The day before, Thursday, April 16, 2015, a Research Workshop for Young Researchers took place.
Conference Material
After the opening and the keynote speeches in Ceremonial Hall 1 of the new Campus WU in the immediate vicinity of Vienna's Prater in the morning, the afternoon brought interesting content in three tracks on the following topics
Empirical findings on university teacher training
Empirical findings on issues relevant to teaching and
Experience reports on teaching economics
As has become a tradition, presentations and subsequent discussions on current issues were organized by staff members from all Austrian BE locations.
Morning
(Pre-)scientific Work with BHS Students: the NEW Diploma Exam Paper and its didactic Support from a Business Education Perspective
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Annette OstendorfBeing a Teacher, a Health Risk?
A. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Hans NeuwegGalvanizing of Knowledge and Skills in Business Education through Reflection
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michaela StockA Plea for more Political Education through Education about Economic and Social Interrelations - illustrated by the Case of "Hypo Alpe Adria"
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef AffAfternoon - Track 1
The Influence of Teacher Training at University on Subject-specific Scientific and Didactical Content Knowledge - A Comparison between Austria and Germany
Sabine Fritsch M. A. and ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Richard FortmüllerAnalysis of Factors influencing the Accounting Knowledge of Business Education Students - Design and first Results
Mag. Dr. Elisabeth RiebenbauerHow well do First-Semester Students explain, to what Extent can Explanation Skills be objectively assessed and how is it related to Subject-specific Content Knowledge?
Dr. Christiane Schopf and Andrea Zwischenbrugger, MScService-Learning - First Results of an Accompanying Study
Mag.a Dr. in Karina Fernandez, Bakk.a and Mag. Dr. Peter Slepcevic-ZachChanges in Stereotyping in the Process of Educating Teachers: Presentation of a Research Design
Dr. Michael Thoma and Mag. Dr. Markus AmmannAfternoon - Track 2
PEARL - Spaces for Learning and Experiences during School Practicum: First Impressions from a Sparkling Science Project
Dr. Bettina Dimai, Mag. Christin Ehrlich and Mag. Hannes Hautz, MScThe Level of Cognitive Demand of Tasks in Business Administration Classes - using the Example of In-Class Exam Questions at an Austrian HAK/HAS
Ass.‐Prof. Dr. Martin StegerERP Integration in Textbooks for Commercial Classes at Intermediate and Higher-level Vocational Schools in Austria - Analysis of Learning Tasks for the Use of Standard Commercial Software using the Example of a Handelsakademie
Mag. Daniel Markus KombacherNEW MEDIA in the School Context - An Empirical Survey on the Learning Effectiveness of the Use of New Media in Commercial Classes
Mag. Dr. Manfred TetzTeaching in a Competence-oriented Way with complex Teaching-Learning Designs
Dr. Alexandra KienbergerAfternoon - Track 3
Competence Grids for Teaching Business Administration: Opportunities and Challenges
A. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Hans Neuweg and Dr. Peter KrauskopfCompetence-oriented Exams and Competence-oriented Teaching in Theory and in Practice - A Dialog
Dr. Gerhard GeisslerCOOL Plus - Self-Differentiation in Business Education Classes
Mag. Eva Adelsberger, Mag. Robert Schmidhofer and Mag. Andrea WinklerCan you learn in the Practice Enterprise what you are supposed to learn in the Practice Enterprise?
Mag. Josef Hora and Mag. Ruben KulcsarFunctional (Block) Diagrams of the Work in Practice Enterprises using the Example of the Üfa2020 Handbook
Mag. Michaela AuerImpressions from the 9th Business Education Convention
