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24 o MechatroniX Summer Camps The Styrian Auto Cluster installed the Automotive Academy Styria in order to provide further education for adults and the youth. Besides qualification initiatives for skilled workers they also focus on the youth due to predicted skills shortages. Therefore they developed the so called “MechatroniX Summer Camps“: These summer camps offer five-day lasting workshops for interested young people, where they get to know technically oriented professions. o Lehre mit Matura This program of the state of Styria, the BFI and the WIFI is one of the best-practice examples in Styria. The details about this program are mentioned in chapter 4 (p. 18). Methods and projects of the career counselling In general quite a sparse career counselling exists in the region; however, various examples available are listed below. The main partner for career counselling in the region is the AMS, which runs several so-called Berufsinformationszentren (BIZ) all over Austria. There is also a BIZ in South-West Styria in Deutschlandsberg which frequently organizes events related to career counselling. These centers also welcome classes and offers tests to find out more about one’s qualifications and possible professions. - Isolated career counselling The most often used method of career counselling is the organization of isolated events. Excursions to universities, enterprises or post-secondary schools are quite common. Examples: o BORG Deutschlandsberg: Organization of excursions to the universities in Leoben and Graz for 8 th grade pupils, a visit to the Best (career exhibition) for 7 th grade pupils. o HAK/HAS Leibnitz: Organization of a “Berufsfindungsakademie” together with local enterprises. o HAK Voitsberg: Organization of a “day of the economy” together with local enterprises o BRG Leibnitz: Once a year pupils organize an “Informationsnachmittag”. They invite universities and post-secondary schools to give pupils the opportunity to inform themselves about their further career. Another initiative the BRG is participating in is the MENTORING-PROGRAM. This program brings together female pupils and female researchers or students from the economy or the Technical University (TU) in Graz. The aim of this program is to motivate more girls to start a technical or natural scientific career. - Periodic career counselling Most schools organize excursions, invite universities and enterprises to present themselves on a regular base (usually once a year). Usually graduate classes are the target group.
25 Several schools organize days with career counselling enterprises where pupils get a general counselling and the possibility of isolated appointments. - Quasi-continuous career counselling Each school is obliged to employ one person responsible for career counselling at school. Usually there are regular consultation hours. The local BIZ (see above) also is permanently available for providing career counselling for interested pupils. Forms of support for specific target groups - Highly gifted people Austria does not have a very distinct tradition in the support of exceptionally gifted people. However, there are some programs worth to be mentioned. o Schüler/innen an die Unis (Pupils go to university) This program is a cooperation between participating schools, universities, the Österreichische Zentrum für Begabtenförderung und Begabungsforschung (ÖZBF) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture. The goal of this program, which started in 2001, is to enable highly gifted pupils to take courses at university before their Alevels. o Several schools offer the participation in foreign history-, politics-, languages-, chemistry-, physics- and math- Olympiads to motivate highly gifted pupils. o The Styrian association “pro talent Steiermark” organizes activities to support highly gifted pupils, organizes topic-related workshops, provides information for teachers and interested persons and works closely with public institutions. o In several schools workshops organized with musicians and regional disabled artists support talented pupils and give them the chance to perform and display their art in public. o Additional voluntary theatre, presentation method- and language classes (Russian language, Slovenian) or oratory contests are also forms of support. - Disabled people o There is advancement from the government of Austria for physically disabled people (e.g. blind people) in higher educational schools. o There are specialized teacher supporting pupils with different first languages than German. - Supported students Everything concerning financial support of students/pupils is part of the responsible ministry. In general, financial support for economically weak pupils or talented students is offered.
Page 1 and 2: 1 Central Europe Project PP4: Regio
Page 3 and 4: Abbreviations AHS Allgemeine höher
Page 5 and 6: Demographic development 5 1991 2001
Page 7 and 8: Migration Concerning migration patt
Page 9 and 10: Unemployment rates in South-West-St
Page 11 and 12: Map 4 represents the development of
Page 13 and 14: 13 Representative of the chamber of
Page 15 and 16: 15 - Other educational institutions
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Page 19 and 20: 19 - Kolleg A Kolleg is sometimes o
Page 21 and 22: 21 - School - University cooperatio
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Page 31 and 32: 8 Identification of opportunities a
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Page 37 and 38: 11 Literature sources and reference
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