Copenhagen, 30 Oct 2002
Quality in Education - Transparency and Stakeholder Participation
The conference is scheduled for 28 - 29 November 2002 with an additional and optional cultural pro-gramme for 30 November. The conference focuses on quality development on all levels of the educa-tional system. The venue is Hotel Comwell, Skovbrynet 1, 6000 Kolding. Working languages are Eng-lish and French.
Wednesday November 2002
18:00 - 20:00 Registration
Thursday 28 November 2002
8:00 - 10:00 Breakfast and registration
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome by Roland Svarrer Østerlund, Director of Education, National Educational Authority, Ministry of Education, Denmark
10:10 - 10:40 Quality in education - transparency and stakeholder participation by Ulla Tørnæs, Minister of Education, Denmark
10:40 - 10:50 Presentation of the conference themes
by Roland Svarrer Østerlund, Director of Education, National Educational Au-thority, Ministry of Education,, Denmark
11:15 - 12:30 Quality assurance as a way to promote progress in education
Alain Michell, General Inspector of Education, Ministry of Education, France
Morning session chaired by Mr. Roland Svarrer Østerlund
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Quality in education: participants, partners and processes
3 parallel session: choose one session:
1A. Leadership and institutional development
Eva Hoffman-Bang, Director, Copenhagen West Commercial College, Ishøj, Den-mark
1B. Mutually initiated evaluations between schools (primary and secondary level)
Ib Hansen, Director of Education, Kolding, Denmark and Mrs. Tuija Willberg, Director of Educational Services, Lappeenranda, Finland
1C. Learning outcomes and student assessment
Nick Harris, Professor, Director Development and Enhancement, QAA, England
15:30 - 16:45 Parallel Workshop Session - 5 optional groups, choose one:
2 A. Leadership, teaching methods and quality in education
Lene Vestervang Olsen, Head of Curriculum, EUC-Midt, Technical College, Viborg, Denmark
2B. Self-evaluation. Experiences from Denmark and from the Euro-pean Forum on Quality (VET)
Tue Vinther-Jørgensen, Evaluation officer, Danish Evaluation Institute, Lise-Lotte Ravmark, Associate Professor, The Danish Institute for Educational Training of Vocational Teachers, Denmark
2C. Quality assurance at institutional level
Bente Kristensen, Prorector, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2D. Benchmarking and audit as methods for quality development
Torsten Kälvemark, Senior Adviser, National Agency for Higher Education, Sweden
2E. Observation of classroom teaching as a tool
Isobel S. McGregor, HMIE, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, Scotland
17:00 - 18:30 Visit Koldinghus: Museum and Exhibition
19:00 Dinner hosted by Ministry of Education
Friday 29 November 2002
9:00 - 9:45 Quality development by means of evaluation - the Danish approach
Christian Thune, Executive Director, Danish Evaluation Institute, Denmark
10:00 - 11:00 External evaluation as means of promoting quality
3 parallel session: choose one special session:
3A. Quality of European Education Systems: coordination and com-parisons Anders Hingel, Head of Unit, European Commssion
3B. Quality assurance - the use of flow data and involvement of stakeholders
Nils Groes, Director, Institute of local Government Studies, Denmark
3C. Measurement of education outcomes
Elisabeth Braathu Ibsen, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Oslo University, Norway
11:15 - 12:30 Quality assurance and benchmarking
3 parallel session: choose one special session
4A. Quality, evaluation and benchmarking
Uwe Hameyer, Professor and Director of Institute of Advanced Studies, Kiel University, Germany
4B. Teacher qualifications as part of quality development
David Hopkins, Director, Standards and Effectiveness Unit, Department for Educa-tion and Skills, England
4C. Quality development based on dialogue
Kjell Hedvall, Head of Unit, National Agency for Education, Sweden
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Quality improvement in education - future perspectives
Barry McGaw, Director, Directorate of Education, OECD
14.45 - 15.45 Previous item continued. Short presentation followed by dialogue with Hanne Kathrine Krogstrup, Senior Lecturer, Aaborg University Center, Denmark Bjørn Stensaker, Principal Researcher, NIFU, Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education, Norway and discussion in plenum
Closing Session chaired by Christian Thune, Executive Director, Danish Evaluation Institute, Denmark
15:45 - 16:00 Closing the conference
by Uffe Toudal Pedersen, Director-General, National Education Authority,
Ministry of Education, Denmark
Saturday 30 November 2002
9:30 - 14:30 Sightseeing including lunch
Guided tour by bus visiting Jellinge Church and the Jellinge-stone and
Trapholt Museum of Modern Art followed by Lunch
Danish Presidency Website http://www.eu2002.dk/main/