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What it means to teach practice
On 1 November in San Francisco, I received the INFORMS Prize for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice – the first time it has gone…
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What remains when I am not in the room
A course that depends on one person ends with that person. Why the institutional anchoring pleases me more than the course itself — and…
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Academic success begins before the first lecture
When students switch subjects or leave university, we tend to look for the causes inside the degree programme. That falls short: many of these…
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Decision-making competence can be taught – and tested
Why does higher education take it for granted that students know how to make decisions – and yet so rarely teach it? A teaching…
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Teaching is described by its methods. It should be judged by its goals.
Almost all teaching concepts describe the method first and the objective second: blended learning, project-based work, digital tools — what it is all meant…
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Sound decisions are the key
At the second Education Summit of the Employers’ Associations of Lower Saxony I spoke about the question career orientation usually skips: young people learn…
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Learning to decide wisely and becoming happy: Studies show the effect of training on decision-making behaviour
People who make smart decisions in important private and professional matters increase their chances of greater life satisfaction. The cognitive skills required for this…
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Improving decision making competence of adolescents
The first decision many young people make is “what do I do after school?” For the most part, different options are presented at best.…
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»EMPOWER«: A Decision Support System to Increase Efficiency of Logistic Processes in Upper Franconian SMEs
Due to the changing framework conditions and customer requirements, such as shorter delivery times and increasing adherence to delivery dates, small and medium-sized enterprises…