ASDEX

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and EXperiments in Science - Improving Social Inclusion and Learning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder through Experimenting in Natural Science Lessons

The ASDEX project is a cooperation between the Research Center for Inclusive Education (FZIB) and the Center for Didactics in Biology and Environmental Studies (FDZBUK) and is funded by 1000 Ideas Program of the Austrian Science Fund FWF. The aim is to analyze whether experiments in biology lessons are enable a positive learning success and social inclusion of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). If the partly new, empirically based research approach proves to be successful, the developed teaching lessons will be published open access  to support teachers. An extension of the project to other science subjects and the corresponding didactics centers is planned.

Duration of the project: 01.04.2022-30.11.2024

Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil.
Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera

Projektleiterin aus dem Arbeitsbereich
barbara.gasteiger(at)uni-graz.at

Project partners and cooperations

  • Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr. Uwe K. Simon
  • Dipl.-Biol.in Dr.in Nadine Otto (Center for Didactics in Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Graz)
  • University College of Teacher Education Styria
  • Styrian Department of Education
  • ASS interest groups and associations