Rhetoric for Innovative Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Rhetoric for Innovative Education

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 : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Research and innovation; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

Project Summary

Rhefine is a two-year KA2 Erasmus Strategic Partnership in the field of higher education. It is coordinated by the Centre for Applied Rhetoric (University of Warsaw, Poland) and the partners include The Department for Theoretical and Applied Phonetics (University of Zagreb, Croatia) and the Institute of Rhetoric and Communication (Bulgaria).
Rhefine’s aim is to reform the academic teaching of rhetoric. The activities of the project are directed at high school students, doctoral students, academic teachers and researchers, but may be extended also to graduates, high school teachers and students and NGO workers. Rhefine’s actions are focused on three areas:
1) Providing a better framework for teaching and learning of rhetoric. This means new curricula, better fitted to the needs of students and the labour market; introducing new teaching methods; providing modern, up-to-date handbooks and materials; developing flexible forms of teaching and learning (online and blended).
2) Tackling skill gaps and enhancing students’ competences. This means developing research-based learning and creating opportunities to train such skills as analysis and problem-solving, teamwork, scientific communication, conflict management. Important competencies are also empathy and “rhetorical sensitivity”. This will be achieved through a wide range of activities: international students teams working together, engaging students in research and writing academic publications, preparing short presentations (“4-minutes talks”).
3) Enhancing the competencies of academic teachers. This means creating a space for discussion, presenting new solutions and sharing experiences (“rhetorical think tank”); training in open science skills, conflict management, negotiations; sharing reflections on new teaching methods. This will be achieved through various forms of meetings (online meetings, conference) and research publications (research papers; books).
Most important expected results of the project are new curricula accompanied by diverse teaching materials (online course, handbooks), research publications on new pedagogics of rhetoric, establishing innovative practices in courses taught in all participating institutions and strengthening cooperation (creating “rhetorical think tank”).

Project Website

https://sites.google.com/uw.edu.pl/rhefine/rhefine

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 57386 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI & Country: PL

Project Partners

• SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU
• Institut po retorika i komunikacii