(1) Digital competencies of lower secondary school students 

Analysing the long-term acquisition of digital competencies and approaches to fostering them in the context of the tension between the compulsory subject Basic Digital Education and its integration into other subjects in Austria

Doctoral candidate: Mag. Martina Spitaler, BEd (University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria)

Supervisors:

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fares Kayali (University of Vienna)
  • Ass.-Prof.in Dr.in Elke Höfler (University of Graz)
  • HS-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Brandhofer (University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria)

 

(2) Ctrl + Shift + Learn: Teacher Insights on Computational Empowerment in Basic Digital Education

Doctoral candidate: Petra Weixelbraun, MEd (University of Vienna)

Supervisors:

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fares Kayali (University of Vienna)
  • Ole Sejer Iversen (Aarhus University)
  • HS-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Brandhofer (University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria)

Thesis Advisory Committee:

  • Dr.in Barbara Göbl (University of Vienna)

 

(3) Bildungsungleichheiten transformieren und das Zugehörigkeitsgefühl in der Digitalen Grundbildung stärken

Doctoral candidate: Selina Gartner, MA (University of Vienna)

Supervisors:

  • Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Renate Motschnig (University of Vienna)
  • Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Veronika Wöhrer (University of Vienna)
  • HS-Prof. Dr. Klaus Himpsl-Gutermann (University College of Teacher Education Vienna)

Thesis Advisory Committee:

  • Dr.in Elisabeth Guenther (University of Vienna)

 

(4) The potential and limitations of self-regulated learningfor the development of digital competences in teacher training and  implications for (Basic) Digital Education

Doctoral candidate: Michael Jemetz, MEd (University of Vienna)

Supervisors:

  • Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Renate Motschnig (University of Vienna)
  • ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Winiwarter (University of Vienna)
  • HS-Prof.in Dr.in Sonja Gabriel (Private University College of Teacher Education of Christian Churches Austria)

Thesis Advisory Committee:

  • Dr. Dominik Dolezal (University of Vienna)

 

(5) Förderung der Informationskompetenz Jugendlicher – Suchstrategien im Internet

Doctoral candidate: Jasmin Wallner, MA (Private University College of Teacher Education of Christian Churches Austria)

Supervisors:

  • Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Renate Motschnig (University of Vienna)
  • HS-Prof.in Dr.in Sonja Gabriel (Private University College of Teacher Education of Christian Churches Austria)
  • Ass.-Prof.in Dr.in Elke Höfler (University of Graz)

 

(6) Digitale Grundbildung und Schulentwicklung: Was zeichnet Schulen mit einer erfolgreichen Digitalisierungsstrategie aus?

Doctoral candidate: Anne Tiefenbacher, MEd (University College of Teacher Education Vienna)

Supervisors:

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fares Kayali (University of Vienna)
  • HS-Prof. Dr. Klaus Himpsl-Gutermann (University College of Teacher Education Vienna)
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Schratz (University of Innsbruck)