Andreas Salcher (born 18 December 1960 in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

) is a former Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), co-founder of the Sir Karl Popper School, 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 (german: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, WU) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria, the largest university focusing on business, management and economics in Europe. It has been ranked as ...

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

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

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

Councillor A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...

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

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the cl ...

in London, Salcher founded Austria’s first school for the

highly gifted Intellectual giftedness is an Intelligence, intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is thought to persist as a trait into a ...

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

trial and error Trial and error is a fundamental method of problem-solving characterized by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success, or until the practicer stops trying. According to W.H. Thorpe, the term was devised by C. Lloyd Morgan (1 ...

. 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

focus Focus, or its plural form foci may refer to: Arts * Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in South Australia Film *''Focus'', a 1962 TV film starring James Whitmore * ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based ...

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

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

"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!
''

Die Presse ''Die Presse'' is a German-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Die Presse'' was first printed on 3 July 1848 as a liberal (libertarian)-bourgeoi ...

'', 24 March 2012
Autor Salcher plädiert für die Selbstverbesserung
''

Kleine Zeitung ''Kleine Zeitung'' (, ''Small Newspaper'') is an Austrian newspaper based in Graz and Klagenfurt. As the largest regional newspaper in Austria, covering the federal states Styria and Carinthia with East Tyrol, the paper has around 800,000 readers ...

'', 10 March 2012
Experte kritisiert Schuldebatte
''

Ö1 Österreich 1 (Ö1) is an Austrian radio station: one of the four national channels operated by Austria's public broadcaster ORF. It focuses on classical music and opera, jazz, documentaries and features, news, radio plays and dramas, ''Kabarett' ...

'', 25 November 2010
Wounded Man
'' design mind'', Issue 11, September 2009
Gegen die Begabungskiller
''

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...

'', 11 January 2009
Die Feinde schlummernder Talente
''

Neue Zürcher Zeitung The ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' (''NZZ''; "New Journal of Zürich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zürich. The paper was founded in 1780. It was described as having a reputation as a high-quality ne ...

'', 13 June 2008
Schule global in die Zukunft denken
''

Der Standard ''Der Standard'' is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna. History and profile ''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Springe ...

''.at, 18 February 2008
Kulturrevolution für Wiener Schulen
''

Kurier ''Kurier'' is a German-language daily newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. History and profile ''Kurier'' was founded as ''Wiener Kurier'' by the United States Forces in Austria (USFA) in 1945, during the Allied occupation after World War II. ...

'', 1 February 2005

External links

Andreas Salcher
in the German National Library Catalogue
Andreas Salcher’s Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salcher, Andreas 1960 births Living people Harvard University alumni Austrian People's Party politicians Vienna University of Economics and Business alumni