PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH, CONCEPTS AND TOOLS
Pedagogical approach, concepts and tools
The INVEST partners have a joint vision on education, combining the aims of the INVEST alliance and the best educational practices of the participating universities. This vision encompasses three educational principals and five educational approaches.
Educational principals:
1. Innovative, international, high quality, and cutting edge
2. Involvement of the real world: labour market and stakeholders in development and offering the programs
3. Personal, inclusive and flexible towards students
Educational approaches:
1. Student-centred
2. Real-world learning / competence based
3. Challenge based geared towards problem solving
4. Multidisciplinary trans-disciplinarity and/ or cross-disciplinarity
5. Integrated role of applied research
You can discover more about INVEST pedagogy in the INVEST Teacher's Handbook, where you will find training materials related to the subject.
INVEST Teacher’s Handbook
INVEST Teacher’s Handbook is a tool planned to support teachers and other staff members in implementing INVEST bachelor specialisations. The material can also be used as orientation material for new INVEST teachers. The aim of the handbook is to provide teachers with the information they need in an easily accessible form.
The Handbook includes chapters on:
• What is INVEST?
• INVEST orientation
• INVEST Pedagogy
• Living Labs
• Thesis
• Assessment
• Inclusiveness and accessibility
• Open education
• Student feedback
• Learning environments, tools and platforms
• Marketing
• Student application and admission
• Student mobility services
• Teacher and staff mobility
INVEST Teacher’s Handbook orientation videos:
The orientation videos are aimed especially at teachers who are going to teach INVEST courses and have not been involved in the curriculum design. So if you are new to INVEST or want to refresh, this topic is for you!
Themes of the orientation videos:
1. Introduction
2. Whole tasks, skills hierarchy
3. Blueprint example
4. Supportive and procedural Information
5. Organizing lessons
6. Assessment
For whom?
INVEST Teacher’s Handbook is aimed at teachers and staff at INVEST partner universities
How to Access?
The Teacher’s Handbook is available on the INVEST Moodle Platform.
To access the handbook, please request login credentials from Delyan Placvkov, University of Agribusiness and Rural Development: dplachkov(at)uard.bg