Sustainable learner-centred Teaching – Advanced Recourse for Georgia and China Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sustainable learner-centred Teaching – Advanced Recourse for Georgia and China

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project aims to address the shortcomings in higher education across Georgia and China by systematically engaging HEIs in new practices with a learner-centred focus. More specifically, the project aims to achieve this by building capacity at PC institutions for implementing learner-centred teaching, raising awareness about learner-centred learning in PC institutions and in society at large and creating a basis for cooperation through international network for exchange of experience.The consortium wishes to undertake this project to aid the partner countries in making a shift to learner-centred philosophy a reality. Behind the project several unsuccessful attempts of country-wide reforms stand.The project results will be used by the project participants, primarily from partner countries. At the university level it reaches out to partner universities, its academic and administrative staff. Partner universities, that will be involved in all the project activities aimed towards manual development, formation of CPD units, teacher and administrative staff training and exploitation of project results throughout the universities. At national level, other partner country universities will benefit from attending the interim and final conferences within the project aimed to inform the stakeholders about the project achievements and introduce them with the new manual on learner-centred approach. CPD units in each partner country university which will conduct regular workshops in learner-centred approach.At international level, Chinese and Georgian partners will profit from European partners’ expertise in developing partnerships for staff exchange that will promote continuous development of academic staff at partner countries.International network for exchange of experience will contribute to staff development.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 850606 Eur

Project Coordinator

MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
• THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
• LIAONING INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• SHOTA MESKHIA STATE TEACHING UNIVERSITY OF ZUGDIDI
• LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
• SHANGHAI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
• SHENZHEN POLYTECHNIC