Calin Hintea, Babes-Bolyai University, Department of Public Administration, Cluj-Napoca
Romania
E-mail: calin.hintea@polito.ubbcluj.ro
Theo van der Krogt, EAPAA (European Association for Public
Administration Accreditation), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
E-mail: theovanderkrogt@gmail.com
NISPAcee Project Manager:
Viera Wallnerova, E-mail: wallnerova@nispa.org
The newly-established NISPAcee Working Group ‘Public Administration Education’ was officially launched at the 19th Annual Conference of NISPAcee in Varna.
This new Working Group strives to stimulate the participation of NISPAcee members in a structured discussion with regard to the fundamental rationale of public administration programmes, namely the quality of education.
Education in the
field of Public Administration is currently undergoing significant
transformations with regard to both content and structure. The question we want
to provide an answer to is whether public administration programmes are able to
cope with the new political, economic, and technological challenges, as well as
with the consumers’ expectancies and therefore to offer qualitative
education.
The object of the Working Group is Public Administration Education in its
broadest sense (curriculum development, curriculum technology, e-learning,
teaching technology, best practices, research on education, quality assurance, and
modern management of public administration programmes, etc.).
The Working Group will organise paper sessions and
training sessions. Furthermore it will organise a session on the preparation for
accreditation, and the EAPAA Advisory Panel session, both
in collaboration with the European Association for Public Administration
Accreditation (EAPAA).
One session in 2012 will probably include a research
project on learning outcomes.
The Working Group focus will be on those interested in
public administration education because they are in charge of public
administration programmes, manage public administration departments or would like
to share their experiences with public administration teaching.
For the paper sessions we are inviting papers dealing with public administration education.
The topics covered by the WG are:
1. Teaching methods and technology (e-learning, teaching technology, education best practices, research on education, using case studies, interacting with students);
2. Curriculum design and public administration competences (curriculum development, curriculum technology, course design);
3. Public administration programmes’ management (quality assurance, bachelor/master programmes, programme financing, leadership of PA programmes, internationalisation of PA studies/organising international co-operation ); and
4.
Community
outreach (working with public administration institutions, involvement in the community,
organising internships, using applied research in the community).
We would also like to invite you to send the
coordinators your ideas for training
sessions, especially if you have any suggestions for ‘trainers’ who can
deliver such training (perhaps one of your colleagues).