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21: Learning by Researching. A Best Practice Example where “Money Matters”

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Hauptschule
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Learning by researching is a teaching method. I will focus on the student project  money matters in which students conducted their own research with my theoretical and methodological input. By trying, erring, discussing and trying again, we developed a culture of successful failure.

Assistant Professor, Department of History and European Ethnology, University of Innsbruck

Dr. Silke MEYER

Assistant Professor, Department of History and European Ethnology, University of Innsbruck

1994-1998 MA in European Ethnology, Art History and English Studies
1998-2002 PhD in European Ethnology
2002-2004 DAAD-University Lector, German Department, Nottingham University
2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of European Ethnology, Münster University
2007 Fulbright Visiting Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, Bloomington
2009-2010 Maternity Leave
since 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of History and European Ethnology, Innsbruck University

Higher Education Symposium

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19.08.2014

17:00 - 20:00Alpbach IdeaJam: SEM meets EDUPlenary
19:00 - 20:30Vienna Lectures: “Brainier, Better, More Beautiful… – Can Humans be Optimised?”Culture

20.08.2014

07:00 - 07:10OpeningPlenary
07:10 - 07:20Framing the ChallengePlenary
07:20 - 08:30Times They are a-Changin’ – How Societal Trends Impact European UniversitiesPlenary
09:00 - 10:00Transformation Messages for UniversitiesPlenary
10:00 - 10:15Introduction to the World CaféPlenary
11:50 - 12:00Universities of the Future – Showcasing Transformation in ActionBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 01: Scientists in Society: Towards Interdisciplinary Capacity BuildingBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 02: How Can Internal Quality Management Assure Competence-Based Education?Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 03: Arts-Based Research on the Doctoral LevelBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 04: Artistic Practice Equipping Us for a Changing WorldBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 05: Blogging for Interactive Critical ThinkingBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 06: Multiple Choice Tests: More than a Time Saver for TeachersBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 07: Technology and Art as a Symbiosis for Media ProfessionsBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 08: Education by Two: Tertiary Education Jointly Designed by Universities and CorporationsBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 09: Supporting Women Is Important, But What About Supporting Men?Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 10: Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching to Foster Mutual Understanding of Different DisciplinesBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 11: Addressing Student-Centred Learning in External Quality AssuranceBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 12: Mastering Challenges of Lifelong Learning at UniversitiesBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 13: Online Teaching for All!Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 14: Doctoral Education in a Global Context: Challenges and OpportunitiesBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 15: The Role of Universities in a Knowledge-Based SocietyBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 16: Education in Sustainable Development: Implementation and EvaluationBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 17: Gaming Simulation for Training in Systems-ManagementBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 18: Active Learning in Spite of a Large Amount of Material – An Illusion?!Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 19: How Can Public Health Education Be Constructed Flexibly?Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 20: How Can a University Assert Itself in the International Environment?Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 21: Learning by Researching. A Best Practice Example where “Money Matters”Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 22: In Austria, Dropouts Aren’t Dropouts and Students Aren’t StudentsBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 23: Transfinlandia: Gender Invention in Artistic EducationBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 24: Service Learning – Applied Knowledge in Higher EducationBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 25: How to Combine Different Disciplines to Face Bioeconomic Challenges?Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 26: Living Knowledge – Social Impact in Higher EducationBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 27:  University Meets Industry  A Lifelong Learning ProjectBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 28: Lab Inter Arts – A Platform for Cross-Cultural Performance ProjectsBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 29: Community-Based Learning through Community Health AssessmentBreakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 30: The University of the Future – A Haven for Self-Realisation?Breakout
12:00 - 14:00Breakout Session 31: Teaching Research? Interdisciplinary Grant-Writing Skills for PhD StudentsBreakout
14:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 10: What are the Implications of Internationalisation for Students?Breakout
14:30 - 16:00Shaping the Future – Concrete Next Steps for ActionBreakout
18:00 - 18:45Changing the Role of and Practices in Higher EducationPlenary
18:45 - 19:30CityScienceTalk: Universities – Trendsetters for a Changing World?Plenary
19:30 - 21:00ReceptionSocial
21:15 - 21:30Closing RemarksPlenary

21.08.2014

07:00 - 08:30Doctoral Training at Universities – Potential and ChallengesPartner
09:00 - 10:30The Significance of Gender at Higher Education Institutions – Gender Diversity and Feminism, Blessing or Curse?Partner