1. Centre for Higher Education, Greater Copenhagen - a university college for lifelong learning of teachers and social educators
The ASIA-EUROPE Education and Research HUB
for Life Long Learning
Opening Conference Copenhagen
1 May 2005 – 4 May 2005
dr. phil Jørgen Thorslund
Director of Research & Development
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

2. Educational programmes
University colleges have recently been introduced in Denmark
Since 2002 we have been merging 6 colleges of school, social and early childhood education and 4 units of in-service training.
Our main diploma programmes:
Teaching,
Early childhood education
Special education
Leadership and management
Adult education
Guidance and Supervision etc.
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

3. The construction of a mode 2 learning organization
Students and staff
6 campus in Greater Copenhagen
1300 undergraduate students (short –cycle higher education)
5400 undergraduate students (medium –cycle higher education)
1100 postgraduate students
400 lectures and associate professors
150 administrative staff
R & D Staff:
16 ph.d.
5 ph.d. students
(400 lectures and associate professors)
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

4. Three Core Tasks focussing on professional development
Pre-service education programmes
In-service training and further education
Research & Development
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

5. Our concepts of knowledge production
connecting the main sources
pre-service education,
in-service/further education
educational R&D
through the development of linkages between knowledge production among
practitioners,
action-researchers and
theoretical focused educational research.
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

6. Competitive knowledge production
theoretical focused educational research
practitioners experience
based knowledge
action-researchers
proces
negotiation
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization
Socially robust knowledge (Nowotny)

7. Themes of interest relating to LLL
Evidence based teaching and social education
- from normative to evidence based teacher education
Adult education – training of trainers
Guidence and supervision – service for lifelong learners
Knowledge production through participation and partnership
- CPD between collaborative practise and lifelong schooling
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

8. Provision of professional development: Teachers
The construction of a mode 2 learning organization

9. The construction of a mode 2 learning organization