TY - JOUR AU - Fritsch, Sabine AU - Berger, Stefanie AU - Seifried, Jürgen AU - Bouley, Franziska AU - Wuttke, Eveline AU - Schnick-Vollmer, Kathleen AU - Schmitz, Bernhard PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/08 TI - The impact of university teacher training on prospective teachers’ CK and PCK – a comparison between Austria and Germany JO - Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training SP - 4 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - As teacher training plays a major role in the development of (prospective) teachers’ knowledge, differences between the professional knowledge of prospective teachers at Austrian and German universities were examined in the current study. The teacher training systems of business and economic education in both countries differ substantially regarding structure and content. The German system consists of two consecutive phases with different foci (university education with an emphasis on theories and domain-specific knowledge, followed by school-based practical training with the objective of acquiring practical experience). Thus, in Germany, opportunities to learn (OTL) mainly cover domain-specific knowledge with less focus on didactics and teaching experience. In contrast, Austrian universities offer an integrated approach that combines the two phases (i.e., theoretical input and practical teaching experiences are closely linked) at the university level. SN - 1877-6345 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-015-0014-8 DO - 10.1186/s40461-015-0014-8 ID - Fritsch2015 ER -