By sharing high-quality open educational resources (OER), we can all make a significant contribution to improving the quality of educational settings. With this in mind, the PEP, in cooperation with various administrations, funding bodies and other experts, has set itself the goal of providing up-to-date and internationally usable specialist knowledge for education and training in various formats.
In the OER portal you will find over 280 materials on the following topics:
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Professional educational work
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Quality development & assurance
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Adult education / methods
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Diversity and inclusion
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Professional identity
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Educational partnerships and transitions
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Participation and child welfare
https://unitube.uni-graz.at/play/4e55d59c-b559-4d3c-be42-00889a48f0a6
Click yourself smart! This is how the OER portal of the University of Graz works. Easily find materials for your individual discussions, team exchanges and elementary education practice.
Publications
Here you will find our published specialist texts and articles for reading, information and in-depth study, sorted by topic.
General
Early education.
Online encyclopaedia article by Lars Eichen, Jasmin Bempreiksz-Luthardt, Hannah Kobinger, 2022.
www.socialnet.de/lexikon/Fruehe-Bildung
Everyday kindergarten life in the pandemic.
Practical article by Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, Manja Flöter, Anne Pfaff, Annika Bauer, Jasmin Luthardt, Jobst Röhmel and Catherine Walter-Laager, 2022, KiTa-aktuell, Austria: Trade magazine for kindergarten managers and professionals.
store.wolterskluwer.de/oeffentliche-verwaltung/kita-management/66601175-kita-aktuell-oesterreich.html
Between two worlds.
Specialist article on the role of additional specialist advice for language daycare centers by Annika Bauer, Josepha Barbarics, Hee-Jeong Lee, Catherine Walter-Laager, 2020, TPS, 5-2020, 40-43.
Increasing equal opportunities in the first years of life - a social goal.
Online guest commentary by Catherine Walter-Laager, Selina Kias, Annika Bauer, Sophie Westphal & Anne Pfaff, 2018, Dossier: Visions for education. Vienna: APA Science.
science.apa.at/power-search/5030914885921917587
Attitudes of educational professionals towards stimulating interactions in daycare centers.
Specialist article by Jasmin Luthardt, Inka Bormann and Frauke Hildebrandt, 2021.
econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1026/2191-9186/a000531
Quality and quality development, interaction quality
The influence of formal education, years of service and team meetings on the quality of interaction in Austrian center-based settings for children under 3 years.
Article in English by Claudia Geißler, Tanja Sonnleithner, Mailina Petritsch and Catherine Walter-Laager, 2022, Journal of Early Childhood Education Research.
https://journal.fi/jecer/article/view/114008/67204
Designing interactions in elementary educational institutions.
Practical article by Claudia Geißler and Christina Bachner, 2021, KiTa-aktuell, Austria: Fachmagazin für Leitungen und Fachkräfte im Kindergarten, 9(2), 35-38.
store.kita-aktuell.de/organisation-verwaltung/66601175-kita-aktuell-oesterreich.html
Graz Interaction Scale for Children under the Age of Three (GrazIAS 0-3). Identifying and developing good quality in the education and care of children. Measuring instrument for interaction quality in crèches.
Instrument developed by Catherine Walter-Laager, Manja Flöter, Claudia Geißler, Mailina Petritsch & Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, 2019.
krippenqualitaet.uni-graz.at
Quality in day nurseries. Making interactions visible and consciously shaping them.
Practical article by Mailina Petritsch, Claudia Geißler and Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, 2019, Beziehungsweise, January/February, 1-4.
www.oif.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_oif/beziehungsweise/2019/bzw_Jan_Feb_2019.pdf
Making good quality in the education and care of very young children visible. Working material for training and further education, team meetings and parents' evenings.
Practical material by Catherine Walter-Laager, Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, Christina Gimplinger and Lea Mittischek, 2018.
static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/projekte/krippenqualitaet/21082019_Begleitheft.pdf
Participation, children's rights and child protection
The influence of formal education, years of service and team meetings on the quality of interaction in Austrian center-based settings for children under 3 years.
Article in English by Claudia Geißler, Tanja Sonnleithner, Mailina Petritsch and Catherine Walter-Laager, 2022, Journal of Early Childhood Education Research.
https://journal.fi/jecer/article/view/114008/67204
Designing interactions in elementary educational institutions.
Practical article by Claudia Geißler and Christina Bachner, 2021, KiTa-aktuell, Austria: Fachmagazin für Leitungen und Fachkräfte im Kindergarten, 9(2), 35-38.
store.kita-aktuell.de/organisation-verwaltung/66601175-kita-aktuell-oesterreich.html
Graz Interaction Scale for Children under the Age of Three (GrazIAS 0-3). Identifying and developing good quality in the education and care of children. Measuring instrument for interaction quality in crèches.
Instrument developed by Catherine Walter-Laager, Manja Flöter, Claudia Geißler, Mailina Petritsch & Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, 2019.
krippenqualitaet.uni-graz.at
Quality in day nurseries. Making interactions visible and consciously shaping them.
Practical article by Mailina Petritsch, Claudia Geißler and Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, 2019, Beziehungsweise, January/February, 1-4.
www.oif.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_oif/beziehungsweise/2019/bzw_Jan_Feb_2019.pdf
Making good quality in the education and care of very young children visible. Working material for training and further education, team meetings and parents' evenings.
Practical material by Catherine Walter-Laager, Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, Christina Gimplinger and Lea Mittischek, 2018.
static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/projekte/krippenqualitaet/21082019_Begleitheft.pdf
Observing, documenting and planning
Observing, documenting and planning in the elementary sector.
Practical contribution The daycare manual by Catherine Walter-Laager, Jasmin Luthardt and Manfred Pfiffner, 2018.
www.kindergartenpaedagogik.de/2389.pdf
Shaping everyday life
Meal situations - Ensuring good interaction quality and linguistic support.
Practical material by Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, Christina Bachner, Claudia Geißler, Tanja Sonnleithner & Catherine Walter-Laager, 2021.
static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/projekte/sprachschatz/Begleitheft_Essenssituationen.pdf
Digitization
Digitalization of the KiTa.
Specialist article by Alexander Scheidt, Chantal Klein & Jasmin Bempreiksz-Luthardt, 2022.
https://oer-portal.uni-graz.at/edu-sharing/components/render/f19142fe-e728-40e3-9195-1784b5477f9b
Digital education in elementary education. Areas of experience and learning environments for children aged 1 to 6 years.
Specialist article by Susanne Grassmann, Franziska Vogt, Annika Bauer, Jasmin Bempreiksz-Luthardt, Sophie Westphal & Catherine Walter-Laager, 2022.
https://oer-portal.uni-graz.at/edu-sharing/components/render/f4438d92-cfb4-4298-9ffd-5e9eccd32bf9
Digital media in crèches and kindergartens.
Practical article by Karoline Rettenbacher & Lars Eichen, 2021, KiTa-aktuell magazine. Trade journal for managers, professionals and providers of child daycare, 1, 30-31.
store.kita-aktuell.de/organisation-verwaltung/66601175-kita-aktuell-oesterreich.html
Language education
Qualification contents of the federal program "Sprach-Kitas: Because language is the key to the world".
Publication of the contents of the qualification program by Romy Lassotta, Andrea Lasson, Andrea Hanisch, Jasmin Luthardt, Marina Jahn, Catherine Walter-Laager and Sophie Westphal (ed.), 2021.
sprach-kitas.fruehe-chancen.de/fileadmin/PDF/Sprach-Kitas/210208_BP-Sprach-Kitas_Qualifizierungsinhalte_final.pdf
10 steps to reflective language education integrated into everyday life. Working material for training and further education, team meetings and parents' evenings.
Practical material by Catherine Walter-Laager, Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, Christina Bachner, Karoline Rettenbacher, Franziska Vogt and Susanne Grassmann, 2018.
static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/projekte/sprachliche-bildung/Begleitheft_sprachliche_Bildung_web_2019-2.pdf
Mathematical education
Bringing up early mathematical education.
Practical material by Elisabeth Reicher-Pirchegger, Karoline Rettenbacher and Catherine Walter-Laager, 2021.
static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/urbi-zentren/pep/Arbeitsmaterial_Mathematik_web_interaktiv.pdf
Technical education
Building and constructing. Ensuring good interaction quality and linguistic support.
Practical material by Claudia Geißler, Claudia Schomaker, Christina Bachner, Tanja Sonnleithner, Eva Pölzl-Stefanec and Catherine Walter-Laager, 2021.
www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12727650_157032376/cbda9ba3/Begleitheft_BauenundKonstruieren.pdf
I build the world - widewide as I like it.
Practical article by Eva Pölzl-Stefanec, Mailina Petritsch and Tanja Sonnleithner, 2021, KiTa-aktuell magazine. Professional journal for managers, professionals and providers of child daycare, 1, 32-34.
store.kita-aktuell.de/organisation-verwaltung/66601175-kita-aktuell-oesterreich.html
Music and movement
Music. Ensuring good interaction quality and linguistic support.
Practical material by Christina Bachner, Tanja Sonnleithner, Claudia Geißler, Angelika Holzer, Anna Maria Kalcher, Eva Pölzl-Stefanec & Catherine Walter-Laager, 2021.
static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/projekte/sprachschatz/Begleitheft_Musik.pdf
Printed matter & orders
Some of our digital educational offers can also be ordered as print versions and delivered to your institution or home in printed form (subject to printing and delivery costs).
A print version of the accompanying booklets can be ordered at verkauf(at)oeh-servicecenter.at.
Graz Interaction Scale for children in the first six years
The GrazIAS 0–6 scale focuses on the quality of interaction in the out-of-home education and care of children and can be used in the course of external and self-evaluation.
→ Order print version
Cost: €19.70/each plus shipping costs
Bringing up early mathematical education
Mathematics surrounds us in our everyday lives in nurseries, kindergartens and daycare centers. The dossier contains short basic texts, reflection exercises and practical ideas to bring up all facets integrated into everyday life.
Making good quality visible for very young children
The transnational project "Making good quality visible for very young children" examines characteristics of interaction quality between educational professionals and children. The accompanying booklet is available in German and English.
→ Open digital version (German)
→ Open digital version (English)
→ Order print version
10 steps to language education integrated into everyday life
This project uses film sequences from practice to show how heterogeneous everyday pedagogical life can be and how differently situations of everyday integrated language education can be designed. The accompanying booklet is available in German and English.
→ Open digital version (German)
→ Open digital version (English)
→ Order print version
Linguistic vocabulary - ensuring good interaction quality and linguistic support
The project contributes to quality assurance and development in early language education. To this end, multipliable material is prepared that demonstrates strategies for language education integrated into everyday life. The focus is on language education processes when building and constructing, in the area of music and in eating situations.
Building and constructing
→ Open digital version
→ Order print version
Music
→ Open digital version
→ Order print version
Food situations
