In-service Teacher Education in Austria in the 2010s

Abstract

The present paper aims at exploring the state of teachers’ in-service professional development in Austria with respect to its reform in the 2010s. Through analysing primary sources, the study investigates in detail the training policy objectives and the targeted competences as compiled by professionals responsible for the reform processes. The content and form of the training courses realised in the designated period, the methods of quality assurance and the problems which still need to be resolved are discussed in the part based on the findings of secondary sources, which reflect on the reform of teachers’ in-service professional development.