(nursery teacher training col- leges) across Aus - BAKIP-GRAZ

The BAKIP Graz is one of 29 Bundesbildungsanstalten
für Kindergartenpädagogik (nursery teacher training colleges) across Austria and it offers a 5-year form and a
Bundesbildungsanstalt für
Kindergartenpädagogik
A-8052 Graz Grottenhofstr. 150
Tel.:(0316) 284269 Fax: DW: 32
E-Mail: [email protected]
4-semester post-secondary VET course.
General educational objective
Nursery teacher training colleges (Bildungsanstalten für
Kindergartenpädagogik) aim to convey a sound general
education (this applies to the 5-year college) as well as the
skills and abilities required for professional pedagogical work
in the occupational area of nursery school (kindergarten)
and after-school day-care facilities (upon completion of
the additional training for childcare workers at after-school
day-care facilities) and (this applies to the 5-year colleges)
lead to university entrance qualifications at the same time.
Graduates have developed the following personality traits
and demonstrate the general and specific job-related
competences specified below:
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Personality traits:
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value consciousness (awareness of ethical, religious and
social values as the basis of a general value system),
sensitivity and openness to philosophical and existential
as well as religious issues particularly regarding
children,
responsibility, readiness to take responsibility for one’s
own actions, and critical capabilities,
sensitivity for culture- and gender-specific aspects of
education and socialisation,
openness for innovation, flexibility and mobility,
readiness to independently acquire knowledge and take
part in continuing and further education and training,
ability and readiness to reflect own actions and their
preconditions.
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General job-specific competences:
fundamental philosophical, ethical and religious competence,
linguistic competence,
social competence, particularly empathy, the ability to deal
with the emotions of oneself and other persons, the ability
to deal with conflicts,
communicative skills (presentation, teamwork, cooperation with
establishments of institution-based pedagogy, public relations
work),
performance competence (rhetoric, moderation of groups,
project management) and creative competence.
Special competences for professional requirements:
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the knowledge of how to implement, in educational work, main
pedagogical, psychological and sociological explanations
particularly regarding the development in (early) childhood and
its framework conditions appropriate to the situation,
the competence to strengthen philosophical, ethical and religious
ideas, specific to children, of the autonomy of human development
in the search for meaning,
the ability to plan, organise and evaluate person-, age-groupand task-related educational work (e.g. of measures related to
intercultural learning, gender-sensitive pedagogy, the specific
support of children with a need for special pedagogic support and
their integration, health management in the sense of preventive
health care and education for a healthy lifestyle),
the ability to counsel parents and legal guardians appropriate to
the situation,
special knowledge of the fundamental legal aspects of the
profession in particular in the fields of safety, liability, hygiene,
equipment, first aid, and traffic education,
competences related to the corporate organisation and
management of institutional childcare facilities taking into account
ecological and economic connections and using state-of-the-art
technical equipment and quality management (quality development
and assurance).
At these schools, also education and training for childcare
workers at after-school day-care facilities is provided.
At individual school locations, the pilot project of an
advanced add-on training on Early Education is offered,
which provides more specific qualifications for work with
under-three-year-olds.
Training level: from school year 9
The 5-year college
leads to the professional qualification and university entrance
qualifications (final certificate: Reifeprüfung Certificate and
VET Diploma).
Entrance requirement:
Successful completion of the first 8 years of compulsory
schooling and of an aptitude test.
Contents typical for the school type (apart from the general
subjects, which also cover occupation-specific aspects):
Pedagogy (including pedagogical psychology, pedagogical
sociology, philosophy), orthopedagogy and special
pedagogy, didactics, German (including speech training,
children’s and young adults‘ literature), kindergarten
practice, musical education, instrumental education,
rhythmic and musical education, art, handicraft and textile
design, movement education, physical exercise and
sport, information management and media, seminar on
organisation, management and law, seminar on nutrition
with practical exercises.
Childcare workers at after-school day-care facilities
additionally learn about the following areas: pedagogy/
after-school day-care facility, didactics of education at afterschool day-care facilities, practice at after-school day-care
facilities. Learning aid: German, modern foreign language,
mathematics.
The 4-semester post-secondary course in VET
(which may be organised also as 5- or 6-semester forms for
people under employment) leads to a professional qualification
(final certificate: diploma). On the basis of the Reifeprüfung
Certificate and VET Diploma, occupation-specific subjects are
comparable to those of the 5-year course in terms of scope
and content.
Entrance requirement:
Reifeprüfung Certificate, Reifeprüfung Certificate and VET
Diploma, university entrance examination or Berufsreifeprüfung
and successful completion of an aptitude test.
After basic training, students have the option of attending
a course in special pedagogy for nursery teachers at some
locations.
The 4-semester course in special pedagogy for nursery
teachers
aims to train nursery teachers in special pedagogy for
educational work with pre-school children (early assistance).
It can be organised also as a course for people under
employment (5 to 6 semesters). The diploma examination
completes the training.
Entrance requirement:
successful completion of the training for nursery teachers.
Taken from: http://www.bildungssystem.at/article/articleview/318/1/83//
?swlang=en. 10.12.2008
Graphical Overview of the Austrian Education System
C re dit re q ui re ments
S u b jects
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G e r man
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Han dic raft
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Textile Design
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P h ysical E d u cation
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C o m p u ter S cien ce and Media
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