Andreas Salcher (born 18 December 1960 in

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) is a former Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), co-founder of the Sir-Karl-Popper-Schule, consultant and author.

Biography

Andreas Salcher earned a PhD in business administration at the

Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration The Vienna University of Economics and Business ( , WU) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. The university received triple accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA). History WU was founded on 1 October 1898 as ''k.u.k. Exportakadem ...

in 1986 and completed the "Program for Senior Manager in Government" at

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in 1989. In 1985 Salcher started his political career as Chairman of the Youth Wing of the Vienna ÖVP. In 1987 he became the youngest member to be elected to the Vienna state parliament, whose member he remained over a period of 12 years. From 1992 to 1996 he was Vice Chairman of the Vienna ÖVP. During the term of Peter Marboe, City

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of Culture, he served as Chairman of the Vienna City Culture Committee. In 2005 he left the Vienna state parliament. After a meeting with

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in London, Salcher founded Austria’s first school for the highly gifted in 1998. Since then he has been Executive Vice President of the Association of the "Sir Karl Popper School", which regards itself as a learning system that makes mistakes, admits them, reflects on them, and endeavors to correct them along the lines of

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. In 2007 Salcher launched the global education project "The Curriculum Project – Creating the Schools of Tomorrow". It aims to reinvent the school of tomorrow together with the world's brightest minds, with its

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on the essential right of children the world over to develop their talents. His first book on this theme, ''The Talented Kid and His Enemy'', was awarded the "Golden Book" by the Austrian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association in September 2008. ''My Last Hour'' is the title of his most recent book. In 2009 his work ''The Talented Kid and His Enemy'' won him the Austrian

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"Favorite Book 2009" and the title "Writer of the Year". The Austrian Public Relations Association presented Salcher with the award "Communicator of the Year". All subsequent books, ''The Wounded Man'', ''My Last Hour'' and ''I didn't know'', were also No. 1 bestsellers, with the first two each exceeding sales numbers above 50,000 in Austria and therefore being awarded with the "Platinum Book" by the Austrian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association in May 2012. In September 2012, Salcher brought out his fifth book ''No Moore School - More and More Joy''.

Selected publications

* ''Nie mehr Schule - Immer mehr Freude''. Ecowin, Salzburg 2012, . * ''Ich habe es nicht gewusst''. Ecowin, Salzburg 2012, . * ''Meine letzte Stunde''. Ecowin, Salzburg 2010, * ''Der verletzte Mensch''. Ecowin, Salzburg 2009, * ''Der talentierte Schüler und seine Feinde''. Ecowin, Salzburg 2008, * ''Die Sir-Karl-Popper-Schule: Ein Projekt zur Förderung von Hochbegabten im internationalen Vergleich''. In: ''Österreichisches Jahrbuch der Politik''. Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1994,

References

Andreas Salcher: Wider die Trägheit!
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Experte kritisiert Schuldebatte
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Wounded Man
'' design mind'', Issue 11, September 2009
Gegen die Begabungskiller
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'', 11 January 2009
Die Feinde schlummernder Talente
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Schule global in die Zukunft denken
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Kulturrevolution für Wiener Schulen
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'', 1 February 2005

External links

Andreas Salcher
in the German National Library Catalogue
Andreas Salcher’s Homepage
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