Walter Vogel (theologian)

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Walter Vogel (born November 17, 1967 in Graz ) is an Austrian theologian , educator and author . Since December 2019 he has been the rector of the Upper Austria University of Education .

Life and work

Walter Vogel, born in Graz and raised in southern Styria , attended the higher technical federal teaching and research institute in Graz-Gösting until 1987 . He then studied specialist theology, independent religious education and pedagogy in Graz . 1996 Doctorate to Dr. theol., 2001 doctorate to Dr. phil. 1995 to 2012 contract assistant at the Institute for Catechetics and Religious Education at the University of Graz . From 1999 to 2001 he was the managing director of the European Society for Catholic Theology and from 2003 to 2008 the chairman of the diocesan council in Styria. From 2012 to 2017 he was Vice Rector at the University of Education in Styria .

In November 2019 he was appointed as successor to Herbert Gimpl as rector of the Upper Austria University of Education from December 1, 2019.

theologian

He first became known as a theologian in 1996. That year he published the first computer lexicon for religion on CD-ROM. This work, which was highly regarded at the time (around 50 authors, some of them well-known, were involved in the work) includes all material for the Abitur (in Austria: Matura ) for the school subject Catholic religion and is still the basis for many teachers and students today for their Abitur preparation.

In 1997 Vogel initiated church services in cyberspace for the first time (later he called them Internet church services ). With great media attention, he used the Internet, which was still relatively new for many at the time, in the proclamation of the faith. The special feature of these internet services was the interactive participation of all participants via chats - this participation was a constitutive part of the service. From December 1997 to January 2004 there was either a weekly internet service or a moderated religious chat. With this project, Vogel was the pioneer of interactive religious celebrations in the German-speaking area. Information about this project can be found in Stefan Böntert's dissertation "Church services on the Internet: Perspectives of a dialogue between the Internet and liturgy" (Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 2005, 334 pages).

In addition to this liturgical activity, Vogel formulated the “teaching principle of communicative networking” especially for religious education and promoted it with numerous projects. You can read about this project in his publication “Religious Education Communicatively Networked”. Another publication in this context should be mentioned here: “Walter Vogel: Religion digital. Computers in Religious Education ”.

In addition to its pioneering role in the field of “computer and religion (s) teaching”, Vogel has dealt intensively with general school issues. He was the scientific director of two curriculum groups in Austria, the vocational school curriculum for the Catholic religion and the religious curriculum for the vocational middle school in Austria .

author

Walter Vogel is the author (or co-author) of around 20 scientific and popular science books and has published over 50 articles in specialist journals. His book “How to learn as a teacher” was published in autumn 2008 as a licensed edition in Bulgarian and in 2009 in Czech by Fraus Verlag.

Vogel is the initiator and author of anyway! , so far the only textbook in the German-speaking area that was not published as a book, but as a magazine. With this publication he has broken new pedagogical territory.

In addition to this academic activity, he is also the author of plays:

  • Aunt Mitzi must be here (premiere: April 2009)
  • The wine tasting
  • Distressed father
  • The last pilgrimage (premiere: September 2009)

Fonts

  • Religion digital. Computers in religion class . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7022-2098-4 .
  • Religious education communicatively networked . LIT Verlag, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5332-2 . At the same time dissertation at the University of Graz, Graz 2001.
  • Like to teach religion? Happy to teach religion! . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-0996-7 .
  • How do you learn as a teacher? . Veritas Verlag, Linz 2007, ISBN 978-3-7058-7552-4 .
  • (as ed.) Assessment of performance in vocational education . Publishing house Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8300-3194-9 .
  • The founders of religion . Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-86539-937-3 .

school books

  • (with Johann Martin Kämmerer and Rudolf Liedl) anyway! Religion in vocational school 1 . Salzburg printing house, Salzburg 2005.
  • (with Johann Martin Kämmerer and Rudolf Liedl) keep it up? Reader for religious education in secondary level 2 . Edition Ein.Blick, Linz 2006, ISBN 3-9501682-2-2 .

CD-ROMs

  • Religion. Computer dictionary on CD-ROM . Andreas Schnider Publishing Studio, Graz a. a. 1996.
  • (with Anna Strobl) Islam. The CD-ROM . Andreas Schnider Publishing Studio, Graz a. a. 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sonja Peitler-Hasewen: New Rector: This Grazer heads the Pedagogical University Linz. In: Small newspaper . December 20, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ Rectorate of the PH Upper Austria. In: ph-ooe.at. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Gimpl takes second place as PH Rector. In: ORF.at . November 13, 2019, accessed November 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Upper Austria: DDr. Walter Vogel appointed rector of the Federal Education College. November 14, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Vocational school curriculum for the subject Catholic religion ( Memento from September 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Religious curriculum for the vocational middle school in Austria ( Memento from September 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Anyway! Religion in Vocational School 1 ( Memento from May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Vogel, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian religious educator
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz