The response to the event was great: under the moderation of Mr. Jan-Martin Wiarda, almost 300 participants listened to the speakers and panellists, asked questions and took part in the discussion. We would like to thank you for this and look forward to the next edition of the Quality Dialogue next year with a new topic.
The presentation by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Arens-Fischer can be found here.
The two murals can be found here and here, the mentimeter can be found here.
Contents
Dual study program models have become firmly established at German higher education institutions. However, they are very differentiated from one another. Their classification into training-integrated, practice-integrated and career-integrated study programmes already makes the different target groups and didactic objectives clear in the term.
The increase in the number of dual study programmes has also been accompanied by a broad educational policy discussion on the evaluation and design of these models, which has found its way into the legal basis for accreditation in the reorganization of the accreditation system with the term “dovetailing”. In the regulations of the old system, these study programmes were still largely undefined and were to be assessed as “study programmes with a special profile claim” in the accreditation process with reference to their own specific objectives. In contrast, the specimen decree now provides a framework for their accreditation in its explanatory statement: “A study programme may be designated and advertised as ‘dual’ if the learning locations (at least the college of cooperative education/vocational academy and the company) are systematically interlinked in terms of content, organization and contract.”
In its second Quality Dialogues, the Accreditation Council would like to shed more light on the significance of this framework for the assessment and evaluation of dual study programmes in accreditation procedures.
Program
Quality dialogue dual – 21 June 2021, 10:00 a.m. to approx. 1:20 p.m.
Moderator: Mr. Jan-Martin Wiarda
10:00 a.m.: Welcome talk: Mr. Wiarda with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt (Chairman of the Accreditation Council, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) and Dr. Alexander Weber (Coordinator Program Accreditation, Head Office of the Accreditation Council)
10:10 a.m.: Keynote speech: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Arens-Fischer (Head of the Institute for Dual Study Programs, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences) followed by a Q&A session
10:40 a.m.: Short introductory interviews, participants:
- Prof. Dr. Petra Gromann, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, member of the Accreditation Council
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Felix Huber, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Helmus; University of Wuppertal
- Prof. Dr. Bettina Lange, College of cooperative education Saxony
- Mr. Timo Gayer, IG Metall, deputy member of the Accreditation Council
- Dr. Siegfried Hermes, ASIIN, responsible for certification
- Dr. Alexander Weber, Head Office Accreditation Council
11:05 a.m.: Break with wonder.me
11:25 am: Poll
11:35 am: Fish Bowl with participants of the introductory interviews
12:25 p.m.: Break
12:35 p.m.: Panel: initial conclusion, participants:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt
- Mr. Timo Gayer
- Dr. Isabel Rohner, BDA
- Mr. Raphael Chuleck, graduate of a dual study program
13:20: Feedback and end