Lockdowns are ongoing and more and more unpredictable. Talking about Austria, where I'm living, we just got the third lockdown prolonging until Jan 24th. And, to be honest, I don't think that this is the real date for the expected reopening. I don't want to be a politician at this moment taking decission on the reopening of businesses and schools due to the ever changing evidences of the COVID-19 crises. Fortuntely I'm not a politician, but I'm interested in education and looking forward to fundamental changes in the educational system. It might seem too late and Austrians are well know to "sit things out and waiting for better times to come". And still, I think there are changes worth looking at during these "unnormal" times. Studies on distance learning show, that students are already getting tired of it and are increasingly facing learning difficulties. On the other hand scientists like Christiane Spiel from University of Vienna state, that students are learning so many new … [Weiterlesen...]
Speaking at the [RE]LEARN 2020 Festival
I was selected to talk at the [RE]LEARN - The Learning Innovation Festival 2020. My topic is "Become the Author of Your Life with Natural Learning" Firestarter-Talk and Q&A-Session Monday, Nov 9th, 2020, 17:00 CET Workshop Monday, Nov 16th. 2020, 18:00 CET Find all the Details here. The Firestarter-Talk is free. Tickets for participating in the whole festival can be purchased here. German philosopher and former State Minister of Culture Julia Nida Rümelin made this quote in his Book "Der Akademisierungswahn" (2014) about "being the author of your own life". His critics in this book address especially a shift from the dual education system in Germany to a sometimes forced academic education. This leads to a lack of skilled workers and to "well educated" students without practical knowledge and social skills. Being the author of your own life means to write your own "book", your special way. I will talk about the skills needed to do that and a school-setting to accomplish that. We … [Weiterlesen...]
