Center for Higher Education

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Center for University Education (zhb)
Center for University Education (zhb)
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Carrier: Technical university Dortmund
Legal form of the carrier: Public corporation
Facility location: Dortmund
Areas of expertise: Educational research , university research , organizational research, leadership research
Management: Uwe Wilkesmann
Employee: approx. 67
Homepage: Center for Higher Education
Main building of the Center for Higher Education

The Center for Higher Education (zhb) in Dortmund is a central scientific institution of the Technical University of Dortmund , founded in 2011 , which researches on the topics of higher education , organization , leadership , further education , university didactics , foreign languages , inclusion and accessibility and offers services in these areas. This connection between different service and research areas is unique in Germany.

Emergence

Until 2011 there were various central scientific units at the TU Dortmund , all with a different focus in the areas of teaching, didactics and further education. On the one hand there was the University Didactic Center, which had a supra-regional training and research program in university didactics. In addition, there were various coaching offers at the University Didactic Center. There was also the Center for Further Education, which had established itself in the economy of the Ruhr area with the development of further education programs for managers and works councils on the one hand, and for teachers and school principals on the other. There was also the Dortmund Center for Disability and Studies, which operated with nationwide unique concepts regarding the inclusion of primarily hearing and visually impaired students and lecturers. The Center for Foreign Languages ​​also carried out foreign language training at the TU Dortmund. In 2011, the rectorate of TU Dortmund University made the decision to merge these central scientific institutions . The four independent centers have been combined to form the Center for Higher Education (zhb). With regard to the name, the decision was made to use a special spelling of the word HochschulBildung. The name is intended to express that the zhb deals with the topics of university didactics, university research, including university and college as an organization, as well as further training , foreign language training and educational research in research and services .

There were two chairs in the Center for Continuing Education and one in the Center for University Didactics, all of which were incorporated into the zhb. This close cooperation between research, teaching and service at the zhb is intended to ensure that research results are passed on at first hand and that it is not an institution similar to an adult education center . Since the merger made it possible to work on common topics in the area of ​​university organization and further training, there were content- related synergy effects. The sign language interpretation was included in the foreign language program and thus paved the way for the development of an inclusive university didactics. In addition, they worked together on further training didactics as well as research proposals on management style in universities and other publication projects.

organization structure

Updated structure
Organizational structure of the Center for Higher Education

Within the structure of the zhb, a distinction is made between service and research areas , in which separate departments with corresponding management positions have been created for the services that report directly to the director. The three chairs are closely linked to the service areas in terms of organization and content. The board of zhb consists of three professors , an elected Mittelbau representatives and each one / one elected representatives of non-scientists and student assistants . In addition, the four division heads are non- voting members of the board.

Directory

The board of directors of the zhb is filled with one of the three professors. The first director since 2011 is Uwe Wilkesmann . In addition, there has been a central assistant since 2013 who supports the director with regard to financial management. Since 2018, a deputy for the director has also been elected.

Chairs

Chair for University Didactics and University Research

As part of third-party funded projects , the Chair for University Didactics and University Research conducts research on the topics of professional autonomy in the academic field and in academic entrepreneurship, the evaluation of research and quality development at universities and university management.

One of the chair's cooperation projects is DoProfil, the “Dortmund Profile for Inclusion-Oriented Teacher Education” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . It aims to improve the quality of teacher education and, moreover, to prepare for the growing heterogeneity in the school context. In addition, the “Interdisciplinarity at German Universities” project funded by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) examined the requirements for interdisciplinarity and its influence on universities.

Chair for Organizational Research, Social and Training Management

The focus of the Chair for Organizational Research, Social and Further Education Management is on the subject areas of organizational research, university research, organizational sociology , further education management, educational research and, as part of a separate research group, engineering didactics.

In the course of third-party funded projects , in particular studies have been carried out and publications published which cover the topics of knowledge transfer , knowledge management , university governance, control of academic teaching and student research. For example, within the framework of the engineering didactics research group in the ELLI 2 project ("Excellent teaching and learning in engineering") in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University and Ruhr University Bochum, "innovative teaching and learning concepts for academic training" ( e.g. website : ) researched and developed in engineering. In addition, the chair is part of the scientific accompaniment of the project "Ascent through Education: Open Universities", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and is mainly concerned with the teaching motivation of lecturers in further scientific training and international observation relevant best practice examples.

Chair of Personnel Development and Change Management

At the Chair of Personnel Development and Change Management, the focus is on researching leadership styles, in particular the " Full Range Leadership Model ". As further training, the chair offers, among other things, various developed models of management training, which are carried out in cooperation with companies and empirically tested for their effectiveness. The chair carried out research on neuroleadership and examined brain processes in connection with leadership constructs. In addition, different leadership styles were compared in the project “Context and Leadership Styles” (CoLeS) and the influence of context factors on the effectiveness of leadership styles was examined.

In addition to this research, the chair also offers various consulting and coaching opportunities for companies and public institutions. Internal and external training, coaching and team coaching can be used both web-based and face-to-face. In terms of content, the consulting and coaching offer deals, for example, with the topics of integrative leadership, change leadership, agile leadership or health.

Service areas

In addition to their range of services, the service areas are also involved in applied research. By networking scientific findings with practice-relevant questions, they put research directly into practice.

University didactics

Exterior view of the CDI building on the TU Dortmund campus. Headquarters of the Department of University Didactics. Vogelpothsweg 78

The area of ​​university didactics focuses on the development of teaching culture in an academic context and promotes interdisciplinary exchange. One of the goals is to promote gender-sensitive, inclusive and intercultural perspectives and thereby enable perspectives for action. In subject-related and interdisciplinary events, awareness is raised for teaching and learning processes and design perspectives are shown. The continuing education offer also aims at advising and supporting teachers. In specialty courses, they have the opportunity to develop new teaching concepts and test their application. All lecturers can take advantage of the offer, which is structured in modules, and complete it with a “Professional Teaching Competence for the University” certificate. Students, doctoral candidates and university didactic experts can also take part.

In terms of research, the area deals with the professionalization of university didactics, motivation in the introductory phase and teaching evaluation.

Training area

Exterior view of the EF 50 on the TU Dortmund campus. Headquarters of the DoBuS division. Emil-Figge-Strasse 50.

The area of ​​further education organizes the further education master’s course “Leadership and Management in Educational Institutions” through the association “Scientific Further Education at TU Dortmund eV” and carries out many long-term certificate courses. Here is z. B. to mention the course "Management and Participation", which comprises 288 classroom teaching units and is thus structured like a classic study program, but is not an accredited Bachelor course due to the target group (including without university entrance qualifications ) . In addition, the department also handles internal training at the university.

In addition to the study programs, a large number of shorter workshops , advanced training days and future workshops are offered. Participants in the training courses include school administrators, teachers, specialists and managers from companies and works and staff councils, as well as associations and organizations. In addition, customized training offers can also be requested. In addition, the "German Academy for Educational Managers" (DAPF) belongs to the area of ​​continuing education, which deals with the promotion and qualification of school managers.

Disability and Studies (DoBuS)

The Department of Disabilities and Studies (DoBuS) offers students with disabilities at TU Dortmund a work room and pool of resources, an individual advisory service, also for chronically ill students, an implementation service for the visually impaired adaption of study materials and a career service for the target group . With the “Dortmund Working Approach”, DoBus has developed an approach that is unique in Germany and is intended to pave the way for a university that is suitable for disabled people. The work of DoBuS is guided by the principle that "all students [...] regardless of the type of impairment [must] have the opportunity to study the desired subject at the desired university" ( DoBuS :). The aim is to create "a disabled-friendly, non- segregating university" ( DoBuS :). In 2018, DoBuS celebrated its 40th anniversary parallel to the 50th birthday of the TU Dortmund.

Foreign languages ​​area

Exterior view of the EF 61 on the TU Dortmund campus. Headquarters of the Foreign Languages ​​Division Emil-Figge-Strasse 61.

Among other things, the Foreign Languages ​​department carries out foreign language training for students in non- philological subjects within an academic framework and offers intra-university expertise on all aspects of foreign and specialist language acquisition. The department, supported by 60 lecturers, conducts 150 language courses every semester and thus enables 3500 students to learn foreign languages ​​per semester. In addition, various placement tests and accredited language tests are offered, as well as the German language test for university admission . The foreign languages ​​department is also involved in working with refugees and organizes welcome events for those taking part in the preparatory German courses at the university. In addition, the Foreign Language Division is a member of the Working Group of Language Centers (AKS) and the Association for German as a Foreign Language (fadaf).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the zhb 2018 Accessed on December 5, 2019
  2. ↑ zhb About Us. Accessed December 5, 2019
  3. ↑ Team of the zhb.Retrieved December 5, 2019
  4. ↑ a b c image brochure of the zhb Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The close coupling of research and service. Accessed December 5, 2019
  6. ↑ Annual report of the zhb 2013. Accessed on December 5, 2019
  7. ↑ Report of the General Assembly of the zhb February 11, 2019 Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  8. ↑ Vision of the Chair of University Didactics and Research Accessed December 5, 2019
  9. ↑ Dortmund Profile project for inclusion-oriented teacher training. Accessed on December 5, 2019
  10. ↑ Project Interdisciplinarity at German Universities Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  11. ↑ Vision of the Chair of Organizational Research, Social and Further Education Management Accessed December 5, 2019
  12. ↑ a b Project Excellent Teaching and Learning in Engineering. Accessed December 5, 2019
  13. ^ Project Ascent through Education: Open Universities Accessed December 5, 2019
  14. ↑ Research on Neuroleadership by the Chair of Personnel Development and Change Management. Accessed December 5, 2019
  15. ↑ Project Context and Leadership Styles of the Chair of Personnel Development and Change Management. Accessed December 5, 2019
  16. ↑ Consulting and coaching offer from the Chair of Personnel Development and Change Management Accessed on December 5, 2019
  17. ↑ Vision of the Department of University Didactics Accessed December 5, 2019
  18. ↑ Further education certificates offered in the area of ​​university didactics. Accessed on December 5, 2019
  19. ↑ Research and teaching in university didactics. Accessed December 5, 2019
  20. ↑ Management and Participation Certification Course Accessed on December 5, 2019
  21. ↑ Internal continuing education offer of the continuing education department. Accessed on December 5, 2019
  22. ↑ Workshops in the area of ​​continuing education. Accessed December 5, 2019
  23. ↑ a b Further training courses for school administrators of the DAPF Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  24. ↑ Further training courses for teachers at the DAPF . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  25. ↑ Tailor-made advanced training in the advanced training department. Accessed December 5, 2019
  26. ↑ DoBuS work room and resource pool. Accessed December 5, 2019
  27. ↑ DoBuS advisory service Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  28. ↑ Implementation Service DoBuS Retrieved December 5, 2019
  29. ↑ Career Service DoBuS.Retrieved December 5, 2019
  30. ↑ a b c Dortmund work approach.Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  31. ↑ Yearbook of the TU Dortmund 2018 Retrieved on December 5, 2019
  32. ↑ a b Foreign Languages Section Accessed December 5, 2019
  33. ↑ Work of the Foreign Languages ​​Department with Refugees. Accessed December 5, 2019