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Course teachers who cooperate in quality assurance programmes of their institutions tend to find this work gratifying in various ways: they improve their professional background, they get to look at their institutions from a new and interesting angle, and they profit from organisational improvements arising from quality projects. If, however, excessive expectations are addressed to them in the course of the quality discussion, these may readily be reflected back onto the institution and its inf…
R. Jermann presents eduQua, a label that certifies certain basic standards for further education institutions in Switzerland. eduQua aims at securing and furthering the quality of further education institutions by way of the setting of basic standards, at identifying a basis for administrative decisions (certified institutions may apply for grants), and at improving transparence in the education market.
In the person of the „quality developer“, the concepts of the staff and the organisational developer merge in a common striving for more excellence. Institutions in further education that wish to take quality development into their own hands thus are defining a new temporary role that has to rely on very special competences. Elke Mathes explains about this role and adds insights on further qualification needs from the DIE course “Quality developer in institutions of adult education”.
Was ist der geeignete Weg zur Vermittlung von Arbeitslosen? JOB-AQTIV-Gesetz und Querelen um die Vermittlungsstatistik halten die Diskussion in der Öffentlichkeit in Atem. Es gibt gute Ansätze: Memmert beschreibt den „individuellen Bildungsplan“ als eine Möglichkeit mit vielen guten Antworten.
Begriffklärungen rund um das Thema Qualität.
Der Autor plädiert dafür, die Ergebnisse der PISA-Studie in der Weiterbildung zu diskutieren und in den Konsequenzen auf die Perspektive in der eigenen Entwicklung zu transferieren.
Contrary to communications scientist Kepplinger’s thesis that public opinion can be significantly influenced by journalism, the author maintains that this influence is not very substantial. Scientific journalism is shown to be relevant in three different ways: the information it conveys may simply be useful, or it may constitute a relevant aspect of our culture, or it may play its par t in decisionmaking. Finally, the author sums up the tasks and gives characteristics of good scientific journal…
Qualitätsurteile über Weiterbildungseinrichtungen fallen sehr unterschiedlich aus. Politik und allgemeine Öffentlichkeit haben dabei häufig ein negatives Bild, während Kursteilnehmer wesentlich positiver werten. Der Autor plädiert dafür, das individuelle Qualitätsverständnis der Kunden, Kursleiter, Mitarbeiter und der lokalen Akteure in der Weiterbildung stärker einzubeziehen, um die richtigen Folgerungen für eine Qualitätsentwicklung zu ziehen.
