EU experts develop Didactical Manual and Practical Guide within ENTEP project

The experts from Stiftung Universität Hildesheim (Germany), Liverpool John Moores University (UK), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Italy) and Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Portugal) participating in the project “Enhancing teaching practice in higher education in Russia and China” (ENTEP) presented the advanced pedagogical approaches and innovative methodologies in the way of the Didactical Manual and Practical Guide.

The Didactic Manual is intended for:
•    Introducing teaching staff to the contemporary teaching practices and to the core systemic principles of the pedagogical framework;
•    Overviewing the most important types of didactic teaching strategies and their genesis and presenting possible subject-specific applications of these strategies;
•    Assisting teachers in selecting the didactic strategy, which should fit one of the Bologna cycles or levels (BA, MA or PhD) in both online and face-to-face contexts, including problem-solving or modelling strategy.

The Manual brings awareness to teaching staff of the Qualification Framework of the European Higher Education Area set up by the Dublin Descriptors. It also provides common understanding of the outcomes of a programme as represented by the qualification (diploma) within the overarching European Qualification Framework.

The Practical Guide presents:
•    Summary of the developments in higher education curriculum design in recent decades;
•    User-friendly guidance for writing modules, courses and programmes in terms of learning outcomes;
•    Description of degree programmes focusing on learning outcomes.

The Guide emphasises that in order to comply with the Bologna Process, Degree Programme Profiles must include both programme competences and programme learning outcomes and instruct teachers how to formulate degree programme profiles, suggesting also curricula and syllabi templates.