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Recently, the acceptance of statistics in the education sector has grown. As a consequence of the publication of international comparative studies like TIMSS and PISA, more attention is paid to statistical surveys, as they have brought to light quite a number of hitherto unknown facts. Alexandra Ioannidou describes the present state of statistical activities in the further education sector and outlines what possible gains there are for institutions employing statistics.
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…
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”.
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.
Dietsche diskutiert die Möglichkeit, einen Ausbildungsberuf „Bildungskaufmann/-frau“ zu schaffen. Welche Vorteile brächte eine solche spezifische Ausbildung, welche Rückwirkungen hätte dies auf den Bildungsbereich insgesamt, wie könnte ein Curriculum aussehen?
Myoshi berichtet von ihrer zweijährigen Erfahrung in einer Tochterfirma von Mitsubishi. Anhand dieses Beispiels erläutert sie die zentrale Bedeutung der Weiterbildung in Japan, markiert aber auch Nachteile einer ausschließlich firmenspezifisch organisierten Weiterbildung.
Ein historischer Längsschnitt zum Thema Wissenschaft im Dialog und Wissenstransfer vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute.
Begriffklärungen rund um das Thema Wissenschaft und Dialog.
