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Welcome, Ladies and Gentleman! Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 1

Present Situation and New Developments Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHAAustria 2

Austria, in the heart of Europe, Inhabitants: 8, 452 Mill. Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHAAustria 3

ECHA-Austria Verein für Begabungsförderung und Begabungsforschung Association for the Promotion of Giftedness and Talent Research v Founded 1998 in Salzburg (Franz Mönks, Sieglinde Weyringer) due to high demand on coordination v National association in connection with ECHA-International v ECHA has consultative status at the “Europarat” (Council of Europe) v Serves as a communication network v Promotes information sharing Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHAAustria 4

Set-up of Presentation v Teacher training-programmes for Gifted Education v Special activities: - Annual ECHA-Conference - “Talent Day“ - Platon Youth Forum - Grundtvig - Project Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 5

Teacher training-programmes for Gifted Education: ECHA-courses v Tradition of ECHA-courses began 15 years ago, Initiator: ECHA-Austria v Cooperation with „Pädagogischen Hochschulen“ (pedagogical colleges) v numerous ECHA-courses all organized according to ECHA-guidelines in 6 of the 9 provinces v official diploma „Specialist in Gifted Education“ v excellent idea found many followers Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 6

Non-ECHA-courses v More or less leaned on the ECHA-guidelines v Similar aims, contents, methods of assessment and other prerequisites v No ECHA-Diploma, but Course Certificate of the pedagogical college Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 7

Courses for Gifted Education in Austria: Statistics v More than 800 ECHA-teachers in Austria in all 9 provinces v Unknown number of graduates of independent courses v Tendency in the last years: More than half of the courses are independent, attended by an increasing number of teachers Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 8

Structure of ECHA-courses Approach: v Theoretical background intermingled with reports on practical experience v 4 -5 modules presence, but also self-study v study of literature („ECHA-Reader“) v written exam v Thesis (usually short survey on theory and description of practical experiences in teaching and instruction) v Excursions abroad (Münster, Nijmegen, Basel) or Hospitations of schools who practice Gifted Education v Defensio Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 9

Master Courses v MA-Master of Arts course “Gifted Education and Coaching“: Danube University Krems, 5 Semester, 120 ECTS Blended Learning v MEd-Master of Education course “Talent-Person- Potential: Value-based Giftedness and Gifted Education”, Church College of Education (KPH) Vienna-Krems: Integration of the religious-ethic-philosophic dimension of education and latest scientific findings of neuro-sciences 6 semester, 120 ECTS Certified Program: 2 semester, ECHA-Diploma and/or voluntarily available(Internationales e. VOCATIOn-Zertifikat oder/und ECHA-Diplom) Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 10

Further Teacher Training v Local seminars (e. g. ECHA-Follow-up PH Lower Austria) v Salzburg Conferences (özbf) (every 2 years in November) v Conferences in other parts of Austria and abroad v Annual Austrian ECHA-Conference (eyery year in another province) Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 11

Special activities v Annual ECHA-Conference Melk Abbey, Lower Austria, April 6 th - 8 th 2011 “Personalized Approach to Gifted Education versus Educational Standards - a Contradiction? ” Combination of theoretical lectures with the latest scientific findings and Best-practice examples from schools, associations and institutions offer practical suggestions for the implementation of funding schemes. Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 12

Linz, Upper Austria, April 18 th - 20 th, 2012 “Turning possibilities into realities: Systemic promotion of giftedness” Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 13

Preview 2013 International e. VOCATIOn-Kongress / Symposium of the KPH Vienna / ECHA Conference „Begabung-Person-Pluralität: Personale Begabungsförderung als pädagogische Haltung“ “Talent-Person-Plurality: Personal gifted education as a pedagogical and educational attitude” 28. 02. – 02. 03. 2012, Akademie der Wissenschaft, Vienna Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 14

v Talent Day 2012, March 22 nd Presentation of creative projects on the topic "Clever Together. Dialogue of Generations“ v v v Organisation: The Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (BMUKK), the Austria's Center for Gifted Education and Talent Research (özbf), the Landesschulräte (Boards of Education) and ECHA-Austria Nationwide Talent Day as Austrian contribution to the annual European Talent Day (first time in March 2011, Hungarian Initiative) Theme selected in reference to the EU-annual theme "Active Aging and Intergenerational Solidarity“ Aspects of the promotion, transfer and appreciation of talent across generations are taken up Every two years Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 15

v Talent Day 2012, March 22 nd Presentation of creative projects on the topic "Clever Together. Dialogue of Generations“ Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 16

Special activities Platon Youth Forum: In cooperation with University of Salzburg / Department of Education annually since 2004: one-week international summer camp in late July in Salzburg, Obertrum different workshops Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 17

v Grundtvig-Project (finished) Democratic Learning v Learning in Democracies refers to the fields of v v participation civic and political education Human Rights education Intercultural learning promotes dialogue and controversy v conceives participation as an objective and a means of learning v includes learners from different social and cultural backgrounds v v is a concept developped in the Grundtvig Learning Partnership "Democracy Learning in the Process of Life Long Learning" 2005 -2007 Partner organisations from Greece, France and Germany http: //www. democracy-learning. com/dlearning/ Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 18

Committee Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 19

Membership 15 Euro annual fee, 97 paying members Benefits from full membership: v reduced registration fee at ECHA – Austria conferences (minus 15 Euro) v reduced subscription fee for the "Journal of gifted education" (20% to the price of the annual subscription, please specify when ordering: full member of ECHA-Austria) v free News-Letter "ECHA Austria Info", several times a year electronically Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 20

More information: www. echa-oesterreich. at Thank you for your attention! Münster September 2012, Petra Summer ECHA-Austria 21