The III annual workshop of the Erasmus Mundus WOP-P master has taken
place the past 9-11 th of june in Firenze (Italy) In the workshop
have participated 20 teaching staff from the 5 Universities of the
Consortium (Barcelona; Bologna, Coimbra, Paris and Valencia).
The workshop is one of the central activities of the teaching
innovation and coordination among the teaching staff of the Erasmus
Mundus master. In the present edition of the Master three working
groups have been created to further develop the contents, education
methods and coordination among the universities, as well as the
exchange of the best practices on the following teaching activities:
Personnel Psychology course. The coordinators of the personnel
Psychology course in the five universities have analyzed the
teaching process and outcomes of this course in every university.
Moreover they have exchanged experiences on planning, objectives,
strategies to develop competencies, implementation, teaching methods and evaluation of the students. The conclusions and recomendations
have been formulated in a document to be distributed among the
teaching staff of the Master.
Professional Stage: The coordinators of the stage module from the 5
Universities have analized the development and experiences of the
stage and internship as it is being implemented in every university
of the consortium. They have developed common guidelines to improve
and enhance the good achievements of this professional training
activity in the master. Master Thesis: The master thesis is one of the important activities
for the development of research competences in our master, which is
inspired in the scientist-practitiones model. During the three days
this working group has analized the experiences of cooperation
between the Universities of the consortium in the supervision of the
master thesis. This thesis is is carried on by our students during
the mobility period. It requires that a home and a host tutor
cooperate in the supervision of every student's master thesis. The
group has prepared a document of Guidelines for joint supervision of
Master Thesis in the Erasmus WOP-P Master program
The participants have valued very positively this estimulating and
enriching opportunity of exchange and cooperation. During the next
weeks the coordinators of each University will inform to the other
teaching staff of his University involved in the master about the
contents and outcomes of the workshop. The documents produced will be
circulated for them.
The participants have strongly recomended to continue organizing
these annual workshops because it is one very important instument to
enhance and improve quality in our task of program and teaching
innovation.
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last modification: 16 June 2008 |