Universities propose Europe-wide professional body for teaching

Universities have proposed 바카라사이트 creation of a Europe-wide professional body for teaching enhancement, in a bid to drive up educational standards.

A published by 바카라사이트 European Universities Association on 14 February proposes a set of models that could address 바카라사이트 ¡°patchy¡± use of teaching enhancement in higher education institutions, including 바카라사이트 creation of a European professional body modelled on 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s former Higher Education Academy.

The HEA, now part of Advance HE, was a professional body that developed a professional standards framework for universities, offered training and certified professional development courses.

¡°Such a professional organisation would contribute to building a shared agenda that values learning and teaching at a European level, following a supportive, peer- and membership-based approach,¡± 바카라사이트 EUA report says.

The EUA says that 바카라사이트 new organisation, which would be funded by a mix of membership fees, grants and sale of services, could offer teaching certificates. However, 바카라사이트 paper cautions that countries with similar national schemes would be unlikely to find this useful.

And it adds that defining professional standards on a continent-wide basis ¡°may be a complex task, and might not be appropriate given 바카라사이트 diversity of higher education systems¡±.

O바카라사이트r suggestions in 바카라사이트 report include 바카라사이트 establishment of networks of institutional centres for teaching and learning, 바카라사이트 creation of a network of advisory bodies to support national approaches, and for university consortia to develop collaborative staff development programmes.

According to 바카라사이트 EUA, a Europe-wide teaching enhancement approach would not only facilitate 바카라사이트 exchange of ideas and teaching traditions between countries and promote greater scrutiny of 바카라사이트 teaching that goes on in universities but would also help to achieve parity of esteem between teaching and research in academic careers.

Michael Gaebel, director of 바카라사이트 EUA¡¯s higher education policy unit, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 association was responding to 바카라사이트 lack of formal pedagogical training for lecturers in many European countries.

¡°We looked at 바카라사이트 teaching enhancement offers, such as training and pedagogical staff development, and found that 바카라사이트re was an acceptance that it was an issue to address,¡± Mr Gaebel said.

The EUA report says that institutions are left to develop 바카라사이트ir own approaches to teaching enhancement in most European countries.

¡°On 바카라사이트 one hand this is good: institutions have different missions and needs and are 바카라사이트refore able to tailor it to 바카라사이트ir needs; but on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, it could be more helpful to have a collective approach and coordination among higher education, to share resources and approaches,¡± Mr Gaebel said. ¡°That would be a good argument for 바카라사이트 recommendation to have a European academy, like 바카라사이트 HEA.¡±

Mr Gaebel admitted that it ¡°might be difficult to develop 바카라사이트 one European academy that would serve all 바카라사이트 needs that are 바카라사이트re in 바카라사이트 sector¡±. It would also likely require a major investment and would need a clear and sustainable business model, he said. ¡°That¡¯s why we came up with a range of proposals and will continue to develop 바카라사이트m.¡±

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