TY  - GEN
A1  - Al Laban, Firas
A1  - Reger, Martin
A1  - Lucke, Ulrike
T1  - Closing the Policy Gap in the Academic Bridge
T2  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - The highly structured nature of the educational sector demands effective policy mechanisms close to the needs of the field. That is why evidence-based policy making, endorsed by the European Commission under Erasmus+ Key Action 3, aims to make an alignment between the domains of policy and practice. Against this background, this article addresses two issues: First, that there is a vertical gap in the translation of higher-level policies to local strategies and regulations. Second, that there is a horizontal gap between educational domains regarding the policy awareness of individual players. This was analyzed in quantitative and qualitative studies with domain experts from the fields of virtual mobility and teacher training. From our findings, we argue that the combination of both gaps puts the academic bridge from secondary to tertiary education at risk, including the associated knowledge proficiency levels. We discuss the role of digitalization in the academic bridge by asking the question: which value does the involved stakeholders expect from educational policies? As a theoretical basis, we rely on the model of value co-creation for and by stakeholders. We describe the used instruments along with the obtained results and proposed benefits. Moreover, we reflect on the methodology applied, and we finally derive recommendations for future academic bridge policies.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1310 
KW  - policy evaluation
KW  - higher education
KW  - virtual mobility
KW  - teacher training
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/58357
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-583572
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 1310
ER  -