Austrian Teachers and Their Education since 1945. Bulletin, 1957, No. 2

Overview & Synopsis

During the academic year 1955-1956 Dr. Helen C. Lahey, Professor of Education at City College of the City of New York, New York, served as Fulbright guest professor at the Pedagogical Seminar in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Vienna, Austria. While in Vienna Dr. Lahey was granted permission for research in the archives and library of the Ministry of Education where she received direction and guidance from the director of the teacher training institutions in Austria. Through the cooperation of the Austrian Ministry of Education and the United States Information Service in Vienna, a lecture tour of all Austrian teacher training institutions and universities was arranged in June 1955. She also had the opportunity to visit schools in Vienna and to make a survey of the agricultural and special schools as a guest of the provincial governments of Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria. The present study on Austrian Teachers and Their Education since 1945 is based on the data gathered by the author during her year abroad. The study examines: (1) The Second Republic and Education (Austrian Education in the Aftermath of War; Elementary Teacher Education; Secondary Teacher Education; Balance Sheet, 1945-46); (2) The Preschool Teacher (Historical Development of Preschool Teacher Education; Development after World War II; Present Status of Preschool Education; Education of the Exceptional Child; Preparation of the Preschool Teacher; Salary, Status, and Tenure; Proposed Reforms); (3) The Teacher in Austrian Elementary Schools (Organization of Elementary Education; Teacher Education; Appointment; Teachers of Needlework and Home Economics; In-service Education; Status, Salary, and Tenure; Social Security, Pensions, and Retirement); and (4) The Teacher in Austrian Secondary Schools (Organization of Secondary Education; Education of Teachers; Appointment; In-service Education; Commercial Secondary School Teachers; Teachers of Industrial Arts; Salary and Tenure; Social Security, Pensions, and Retirement). A bibliography is included. (Contains 9 tables and 28 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]