Selected Spotlights on Informatics Education in Austrian Schools

In this paper we take a look on Informatics education in Austrian primary and secondary schools. The development of two reference models for digital competence and Informatics education should be seen as a big conceptual step forward, but regarding its nationwide implementation there is still a long way to go. Further, we report on a promising local initiative in Informatics for primary education as an outreach program. Then the current status of the development of a “curriculum reform light” for the obligatory subject Informatics in the 9 grade is pointed out. And finally, a major reform of the school leaving exam (Matura) at academic secondary schools including Informatics has been implemented in 2015 for the first time. In the last chapter we reflect on its general conditions, first experiences and results.