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
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-583572
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 1310
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gülbahar, Yasemin
A1  - Ilkhan, Mustafa
A1  - Kilis, Selcan
A1  - Arslan, Okan
T1  - Informatics education in Turkey
BT  - national ICT curriculum and teacher training at elementary level
JF  - Commentarii informaticae didacticae : (CID)
N2  - This article is a summary of the work carried out by the Ministry of Education in Turkey, in terms of the development of a new ICT Curriculum, together with the e-Training of teachers who will play an important role in the forthcoming pilot study. Based on recent literature on the topic, the article starts by introducing the “F@tih Project”, a national project that aims to effectively integrate technology into schools. After assessing teachers’ and students’ ICT competencies, as defined internationally, the review continues with the proposed model for the e-training of teachers. Summarizing the process of development of the new ICT curriculum, researchers underline key points of the curriculum such as dimensions, levels and competencies. Then teachers’ e-training approaches, together with selected tools, are explained in line with the importance and stages of action research that will be used throughout the pilot implementation of the curriculum and e-training process.
KW  - informatics education
KW  - ICT curriculum
KW  - teacher training
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64517
SN  - 1868-0844
SN  - 2191-1940
IS  - 6
SP  - 77
EP  - 87
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -