Homeschool for kids

General course information
  • Institution: Pädagogische Hochschule Wien  
  • Country: Austria
  • Lecturer: Gerhard Mollnar-Krottenauer 


  • Curriculum: Educational Sciences
  • Course level: BA
  • Credits: 1 ECTS
  • Number of students participating: 30


description of the course

Main focus is on women and child poverty in Vienna/Austria, educational inequality, violence against women 

Partners (distribution platform, work partner,…): Armutskonferenz, Caritas Socialis, Augustin, Rotes Kreuz, Samaritabund (LernLeo), Bildungstafel, Frauenhaus Wien, Science Pool,… 

Activities: Students are encouraged to develop projects with direct engagement (empowerment) 

Reflection: Students must carry out a reflection process. Upon completion of their projects, there are individual and group reflections. These are standardized to allow for data collection. 

Stories on succes and failures

Stakeholders are pleased with the expertise and viewpoints of the students, as these provide new perspectives for theire organisations. 

Homeschooling4Kids (https://homeschooling4kids.at/) 
A digital platform for elementary school children for school-free times (developed during the COVID pandemic), which is designed to be varied and aligned with the interests of the children. Additionally, all contributions comply with the Austrian primary school curriculum. The intended learning objectives of the contributions can be displayed with a simple mouse click. The goal is to use this platform to supplement school-free time or regular home schooling and thus maintain the children’s learning motivation. Regularly, in addition to math and reading puzzles or experiments, fun contributions such as brain teasers, jokes, and baking recipes are posted online.