Competence-based programmes in Transport: Railway Engineering

EU Expert Alex Rayón Jerez (University of Deusto, alex.rayon@deusto.es)

"WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE TEMPUS PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION"

Moscow, June 18th 2013

University of Deusto

University of Deusto (II)

The University of Deusto first opened its doors in 1886 Combined concerns and cultural interests:

The Basque Country: wished to have a university of its ownThe Jesuit Fathers: wanted to move their school of higher studies from La Guardia (Pontevedra) to a more central location

The chosen site was Bilbao: Bustling seaport Commercial city that at the time was enjoying considerable industrial growth

Today the University of Deusto has two campuses located in the Basque Country's major coastal cities: Bilbao and San Sebastian

University of Deusto (III)

Number of students: 9,560Teaching staff: 60021 degrees adapted to the EHEA and 3 Deusto degrees3 double degrees adapted to EHEA62 post-graduate programmes, 31 official masters and 31 Deusto degrees10 PhD Programmes5 Erasmus Mundus Masters Programmes38 Specialisation Programmes in Continuing Education (and the recently created Deusto Business School)15% International Students16 Joint / international programmes

Competence-based learning

Competence-based learning (II)

1999-2000: phase of pedagogical renewal begun at UDIt was necessary to modernise the excessively professor-centred teaching and methodological model

The new phase was in line with the recently published Bologna Declaration (1999) → European Higher Education Area (EHEA)Together with the initiatives of other European universities sharing a similar outlook and need for change

Tuning Project (Strategic project: DITA: Deusto International Tuning Academy)

Original leadership of the University of Deusto (Spain) and the University of Gröningen (Netherlands)Today over 200 European Universities are involved + Latin America (+ Asia soon)

Competence-based learning (III)

UD PedagogicalFramework

Competence-based learning (IV)

Deployment of the UD Pedagogical Framework

Competence-based learning (V)

The four main features of an organisation that will foster the type of development sought:

1. A student-focused learning organisation2. An organisation that works as a team and

values cooperation3. An organisation that leads and empowers

people4. An organisation with an ethical and social

commitment

Competence-based learning (VI)

Co-operationPersonal

responsibility

Autonomy

Competence-based learning (VII)

Knowledgeorientation

Social andethical

responsibility

Personal andSocial

development

Competence-based learning (VIII)

Competence: “good performance in diverse, authentic contexts based on the integration and activation of knowledge, rules and standards, techniques, procedures, abilities and skills, attitudes and values”Three main headings:

Instrumental competences: function as a means to an endInterpersonal competences: personal and relational abilitiesSystemic competences: skills and abilities related to an entire system

Competence-based learning (VIII)

Railway Engineering

• It encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines, including: – Civil engineering– Computer engineering– Electrical engineering– Mechanical engineering– Industrial engineering – Production engineering

Railway History in the Basque Country

Railway History in the Basque Country (II)

Railway History in the Basque Country (III)

Railway History in the Basque Country (IV)

Institute of Qualification Competences in the Basque Country

Knowledge references

European Qualification Framework

European Qualification Framework (II)

European Qualification Framework (III)

European Qualification Framework (IV)

Other known reference points to consider

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Other known reference points to consider (IV)

Other known reference points to consider (V)

Other known reference points to consider (VI)

Other known reference points to consider (VII)

Other known reference points to consider (VIII)

Other known reference points to consider (IX)

Other known reference points to consider (X)

THANK YOU!

"WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE TEMPUS PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION"