290160 PS Didactic concepts and contents of the schoolsubject "GW", group B (2012S)

Introduction into basic questions and the didactic concept of the subject "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie"

Contents: The role the course "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie" plays within the set of subjects at AHS/BHS; The curricula of the schoolsubject "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie" (educational and teaching theories, didactic principles,curricula of the respective subjects); The development of educational objectives; The basic of didactics and main theories; The most important theories of didactics relevant for "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie", focussing on goals, topics and themes, student work and economy; The correlation between "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie" and "Politische Bildung"; Different ways of instructing - the main concepts; The relation between "Geographie" - "Wirtschaftskunde" - "Wirtschaftsgeographie"; Job orientation and key qualifications - to what degree are contents and methods influenced by current economy? "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie" and the concept of key targets according to W. Klafki: chances and risks; The schoolsubject "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie" - cooperation with other subjects (bilingual teaching, topic relates areas..); Topography in topic-related learning; Different concepts of space in "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie": vicinity versus distance, "artificially created space", perception of spacial structures, aspects of dimension, and social relevance..; Recent developments in the teaching of "GW"/"Wirtschaftsgeographie": Tracking "geographies in your own private lives"; the importance of relevance in "Geography and Economcis" resp. "Economic Geography".