the road to bologna… adm-ingegraf congress 2005 seville moderator: m. luisa mtz. muneta...

The Road to Bologna…

ADM-Ingegraf Congress 2005

Seville

Moderator: M. Luisa Mtz. MunetaUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid

A brief historyYears 70-90

National systems based on traditional methods ERASMUS Program begins

1998: Sorbonne Declaration FR, I, UK, G Harmonise structures Convergence of degree structure and cycles

1999: Bologna Declaration (20 countries)2000: Lisbon Meeting2001: Prague Communiqué (30 countries)2002: Barcelona Meeting2003: Berlin communiqué (40 countries) “The role of universities in the knowledge society” (EU)

2005: BERGEN •Cyclic structure adoption•Recognition of degrees and study periods•Quality evaluation systems

European Convergence in Higher Education

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•Support for the single labour market

•Mobility of students, teachers,…

Competewith other educational systems

•Attract foreign students …

Modernise Teaching-learning

•Information Society support

•LLL: Life Long Learning

Changes in European Universities

European Higher Education Space

Competitiveness

Quality

Teaching structures•First Degree•Postgrad.

•Master•PhD

•Learning orientation•Comparability•Transfer•Accumulation (Life Long Learning)

•Indicators and standards•Degrees accreditation

ECTS

Teaching/learning system

Now+teaching/-learning what he wants to teachSpecific trainingIsolated view of the subjects passive participation learns only given informationWork and assessment by exams

With Bologna+ learning/- teaching what the students needsGlobal trainingHolistic view of the subject active participation searches for/chooses informationContinuous work and assessment

Teaching/learning system

NowActual length > anticipatedDropout rate=success rateQuality assessment without consequences

With BolognaActual length= anticipatedSuccess rate > dropout rateQuality assessment with basic decisions

New activities….Teacher

Helps to learnTutor/coachTeaches what the student needsIs one part of the teaching teams

StudentMore motivatedAutonomousSelf-controlledWorks in teams with a specific role

•New studies plan based on the student•Fewer hours of lectures•Emphasis on global training•Develop capabilities for analysis, team work, problem solving, permanent change…

ECTS

“ representa la cantidad de trabajo del estudiante para cumplir los objetivos del programa de estudios… conducentes a la obtención de títulos universitarios de carácter oficial y validez en todo el territorio nacional”

“… se integran las enseñanzas teóricas y prácticas, así como otras actividades académicas dirigidas, con inclusión de las horas de estudio y del trabajo que debe realizar para alcanzar los objetivos formativos propios de cada materia del plana de estudios”

Spanish law says(RD 1125/2003 (BOE 18/09/2003))

Changes due to ECTS

1 ECTS= Total 25-30 h of student’s workStudent’s roleProfessor’s roleDesign a new studies planDesign and teaching of subjects: didactic guidesNew infrastructures: labs, computers, …New grading systemAcademic and teaching staff management

Members of the round table

Prof. Stefano Tornincasa. Turín Polytechnic stefano.tornincasa@polito.it

Prof. Eugenio Pezzutti. Rome University

pezzuti@mec.uniroma2.it Prof. Javier Muniozguren. University of the Basque Country bizarren@bi.ehu.esProf. Fernando Cebollada. Zaragoza Universityfercebo@unizar.es

Thank you very much