Teaching methods and material – the experience in Danish Standards Workshop on standards education

1. Teaching methods and material – the experience in Danish Standards Workshop on standards education 9. oktober 2012

2. Who am I? • Consultant in Danish Standards for 5 years • Working with research and education the past 2 years

3. Two main themes • Education is closely connected to research • Interesting and knowledge based education requires research • Experiences from Danish Standards • An overview of methods of cooperating with and reaching students that we have good experience with in Danish Standard

4. Education is closely connected to research • Education is closely connected to research • Interesting and knowledge based education requires research • Arguments: • Researchers also often teach • Researchers produce articles and other material usable for teaching • Courses (at university level) must be based on research (at least in Denmark) • Research will provide the teacher with interesting perspectives and valid knowledge

5. Experiences from Danish Standards • In Danish Standards we have worked intensively with strengthening the relation between standardization and education/research and increasing awareness amongst the target group • We have had good experience with: • Guest lecturing • Establishing an industrial PhD • Attending career fairs/exhibitions • Making educational material • Cooperate with master thesis students • Assuring access to standards • Providing cases for educational purposes

6. Guest lecturing • Danish Standards offer guest lectures to the university (and other edu. institutions) • We can provide the teachers with a different and often practical perspective • We can help the teacher include standardization in the class – not all teachers feel comfortable teaching standardization Facts • 22 of our experts give guest lectures within their area of expertise • We have a long list of topics on our web site, and people can contact us with special wishes – if not mentioned on the web site. • A broad number of topics – environment, building/construction, management, CE-marking, LCA etc. • 9 guest lectures the past two years (three more planned in October and November 2012)

7. An example

8. An example • An interview with Michael Z. Hauschild from the Technical University of Denmark about guest lectures from Danish Standards: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AccxMiV5QCg&list=UUWuk2kOZs2PQwMTmAohz3aQ&index=19&feature=plpp_video

9. An industrial PhD – what is that? • An Industrial PhD project: “…is an industrially focused PhD education. The research project is conducted in cooperation between a private company, an Industrial PhD student and a university. Third parties from both the public and private sector can be attached.” (Source: Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation) • The industrial PhD degree is as valid as the “ordinary” PhD degree • All three parties must apply for a grant at the national authority • The company holds all the expenses, but get subsidy from the national authority • The requirements for an industrial PhD student is the same as for an “ordinary” PhD student • An industrial PhD student is employed in the company and is matriculate at the university as PhD student at the same time – the time is split between the company and the university

10. An industrial PhD – what’s in it? • What we get out of it? • Research • Teaching • Knowledge • Network • The title of the industrial PhD in Danish Standards • “Standardization and innovation - A strategic perspective on Danish companies and industries in an international context”

11. Questions

12. Contact details Katrine Bergh Andersen Consultant for research and education Danish Standards kb@ds.dk +45 3996 6170 www.ds.dk/uni