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As a Central Research Unit (CRU) of the University of Bremen, the Institute Technology and Education is evaluated annually by an external scientific advisory board. In addition, a comprehensive evaluation by the Research Commission of the Academic Senate of the University of Bremen takes place every five years.
The processes of digitalization present a great opportunity to further develop and to rethink working life and the formal educational system. At the same time, inequalities are noticeably increasing in a society and professional world that is shaped by a vast diversity. Looking at vocational education as an intersection between professional work and general education, we are able see how inequalities and digital divides are reinforced by the ongoing process of digitalization.
As part of digitalization of its training, the inter-company training workshop of metal and electrical industry "Gemeinschafts-Lehrwerkstatt-Arnsberg" (GLW) is now using the online tool "Competence Check" developed at the ITB to determine competencies and skill development of trainees in selected metalworking trades.
How is the use of Artificial Intelligence changing the world of work and what are the consequences for (vocational) education and training? Taccle AI together with Women in AI (WAI) invites you to discuss these and many other questions on 14.12.2021. Join us and enjoy the view of Bremen while networking with leading AI minds.
In cooperation with the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), the ITB will conduct a web seminar series on foraus.de, forum for trainers, in 2021/22.
The JoinMe2 project aims to (further) develop the competences of teachers at universities with regard to an equal and diversity-sensitive approach to students. For this purpose, the attitudes of teachers and students towards various aspects of diversity will be investigated by means of a questionnaire survey and country-specific overviews of the current state of research will be compiled.
Although there is rarely a day when Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not in the news, and it is increasingly being talked about in education, it does not as yet have an important focus in vocational education and training (VET). Yet VET teachers and trainers are responsible for training the workforce of the future in which AI and automation seems likely to play such a big role.
The federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) held a theme week with the titel "Vier sind die Zukunft" (Four are the future) to provide information on the four modernised standard occupational profile items for all training occupations. Standard occupational profile items are compulsory components of all initial vocational training and their content must be taught integratively throughout the entire training period.
As part of BMBF-funded project "BOGyO – Support for professional orientation in upper secondary school in Bremen“, online symposium „Professional Orientation and Pedagogical Responsibility – Status and Perspectives for Professional Orientation in Upper Secondary School“ was successfully held on 19 and 20 July 2021. More than 140 participants from all over Germany were registered for it.
The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator captures the scientific influence of journals indexed in the major science database, SCOPUS. The indicator records which journals cite a journal and how often a journal is cited. Thus, not only the “impact factor” of a journal, expressed in the number of citations, is taken into account, but also the importance of a journal, expressed through the environment – the prestige of the journals that cited the journal.
On 27 May 2021, the wb-ibb organised the first of three workshops in cooperation with iMOVE. Dr Andreas Werner and Kristine Faenger from iMOVE opened the workshop series. A total of 36 interested parties from commercial and non-commercial providers from various areas of vocational education and training took part in the event titled “Business models, internationalisation and competitive strategies of German VET providers”.
The project "WaBeQ - Competence Workshop" dealt with the question of the extent to which the training of young people with special support needs can be appropriately designed with the help of digital media.
