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Title: ECCE Education Task Force


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ECCE Education Task Force
First results
of the Tuning Project with the participation of
EUCEET and ECCE
Prof. Iacint MANOLIU (UAICR) ECCE Task Force
Education Chairman
42nd ECCE meeting, November 11th 12th,
2005, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • CONTENT
  • What is Tuning
  • EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning phases of the action
  • EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning a chronology of the
    preparatory phase
  • EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning the on-line consultation
    phase
  • EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning first results of the on-line
    consultation
  • EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning a final task writing the
    Summary of Tuning subject area findings

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What is Tuning?
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The TUNING project is a project by and for
universities It is the Universities response to
the challenge of the Bologna Declaration TUNING
MOTTO Tuning of educational structures and
programmes on the basis of diversity and
autonomy
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Tuning Phase I 2001- 2002 Closing Conference
Brussels, 31 May 2002 Tuning Phase II 2003
2004 Closing Conference Brussels, 21 May
2004 Tuning Phase III 2005 2006 Launching
Conference Budapest, 22 - 23 April 2005
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The Tuning Methodology
  • Line 1 Generic competences
  • Consultation with graduates, employers and
    academics on the importance of 30 generic
    competences and an evaluation of how well HE
    institutions develop them
  • Line 2 Subject specific competences (knowledge,
    understanding and skills)
  • Mapping of subject areas and development of
    common reference points and subject specific
    competences of each of the pilot disciplines
  • Line 3 ECTS as a European credit accumulation
    system new perspectives
  • Development of ECTS as a tool for programme
    design basis is student workload measured in
    time
  • Line 4 Mapping of approaches to teaching /
    learning and assessment in different countries
  • Line 5 Quality enhancement

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THE TUNING QUESTIONNAIRE
  • FOCUS ON GENERIC COMPETENCES
  • (GENERAL ACADEMIC SKILLS)
  • TARGET GROUPS
  • GRADUATES
  • EMPLOYERS
  • ACADEMICS
  • WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPETENCES TO BE
    EMPLOYABLE INDEPENDENT OF ONES SUBJECT AREA?
  • ARE THESE ACTUALY TAUGHT AND TO WHAT EXTENT?

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THE TUNING QUESTIONNAIRE
  • TYPES OF COMPETENCES MEASURED
  • Instrumental competences cognitive abilities,
    methodological abilities, technological abilities
    and linguistic abilities
  • Interpersonal competences individual abilities
    like social skills (social interaction and
    co-operation)
  • Systemic competences abilities and skills
    concerning whole systems (combination of
    understanding, sensibility and knowledge prior
    acquisition of instrumental and interpersonal
    competences required)

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Data
7 Areas 101 university depart. 16 Countries
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Business
  • Geology
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Education
  • Chemistry
  • Total number of respondents
  • 5183 Graduates
  • 944 Employers
  • 998 Academics

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Thematic Networks and Tuning How to adapt and
how to adopt the Tuning methodology?
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Tuning envisages co-operation with Thematic
Networks at three levels
  • I. Exchange of Information
  • II. Cooperation as a Synergy Group
  • III. Cooperation as a Core Area

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II. Cooperation as a Synergy Group
  • Aim Develop knowledge of Tuning Methodology
  • with regard to some of the Tuning
    lines.
  • Option made by EUCEET and ECCE
  • - Line 1 Generic competences
  • Consultation of only of academics and
    employers
  • - Line 2 Subject specific competences
  • Consultation of academics

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EUCEET Tuning A comparison
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EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning Phases of the action
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  • EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning
  • a 4-phase action
  • The preparatory phase
  • 29 January 2004-10 December 2004
  • The on-line consultation phase
  • 1 March 2005-16 July 2005
  • Analysis of data resulting from the on-line
    consultation phase made by the Tuning specialist
    in statistics and by TUCEB
  • IV. Preparation of the Summary of Tuning subject
    area findings

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EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning preparatory phase A
chronology
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  • 29 January 2004
  • Brussels, TNs Coordinators meeting
  • All Thematic Networks must include Tuning
    elements in the proposal for 2004 2005 (Mr.
    Ettore Deodato, responsible for TNs in the DG
    Education and Culture)
  • 16 February 2004
  • Paris, meeting of the EUCEET Management Committee
  • MC decides to involve EUCEET as a synergy group
    in the Tuning Line 1 (Generic Competences) and
    Tuning Line 2 (Subject Specific Competences) and
    to found the EUCEET-Tuning Task Force chaired by
    Prof. Iacint Manoliu. It is also decided to ask
    Tuning MC to nominate Prof. Hendrik Ferdinande
    from Gent University as Tuning expert for
    EUCEET.

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  • 15 March 2004
  • Ghent
  • Meeting between Prof. Hendrik Ferdinande,
    nominated by Tuning Coordinator as a Tuning
    expert for EUCEET, and Prof. Iacint Manoliu
  • 6 May 2004
  • Malta, 2nd EUCEET II General Assembly
  • Prof. Hendrik Ferdinande makes in the plenary
    session a presentation on Tuning.

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  • 7 May 2004
  • Malta, after the closure of the 2nd EUCEET II
    General Assembly
  • First meeting of the EUCEET-Tuning Task Force
    Attendance 38 delegates from 31 universities
    partners in EUCEET II, coming from 21 countries.
  • Presentation of Prof. Ferdinande with the topic
  • Thematic Network and Tuning. How to adopt and
    how to adapt the Tuning methodology?
  • Discussions which followed made clear that
  • For Generic Competences, the 3 Questionnaires
    prepared by Tuning (for Graduates, for Employers
    and for Academics) have to be used.
  • For Subject Specific Competences, a Questionnaire
    pertinent to Civil Engineering field must be
    produced by the EUCEET-Tuning Task Force

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  • 24 September 2004
  • Paris, joint EUCEET Tuning Task Force and EUCEET
    MC meeting attended by
  • M-A. Cammarota (ENPC)
  • R. Frank (ENPC)
  • D.L. Smith (Imperial College)
  • C. Kerr (Imperial College)
  • A. Lovas (Budapest UTE)
  • G. Farkas (Budapest UTE)
  • P. Latinopoulos (AU Tessaloniki)
  • E. Bratteland (NUST Trondheim)
  • S. Majewski (SUT Gliwice)
  • J.J. Aracil (ETSICCP Madrid)
  • V. Kuraz (CTU Prague)
  • R. Reinecke (IBR Munich)
  • L. Boswell (City University London)
  • M. Federau (IUT Odense)
  • I. Manoliu (TUCEB)
  • N. Radulescu (TUCEB)

A draft of the Questionnaire on Specific
Conferences in civil Engineering is produced

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  • 27 September 2004
  • An amendment on the draft is proposed by
    Iacint Manoliu and endorsed by members of the
    Task Force.
  • 11 November 2004
  • After consultations with Prof. Majewski, Prof.
    Manoliu sends to the members of the Task Force a
    new version of the questionnaire, containing 18
    competences (instead of 21) and completed with
    commentaries.
  • 24 November 2004
  • Meeting in Ghent between Prof. Hendrik Ferdinande
    and Prof. Iacint Manoliu
  • Prof. Ferdinande fully agreed with the
    Questionnaire and showed the report of the Tuning
    MC meeting in Bilbao, on 6 - 7 November 2004, in
    which a section was devoted to Thematic Networks.

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Introduction to questionnaire on the evaluation
of the importance of specific competences for
civil engineering
Below are presented a series of competences
specific to your area. For each of them we would
ask you to do two things a. Indicate how
important you think it is that a student should
require the competence in his/her education for
the First Cycle. Please use the values 1 to 4
according to the following key 1 None, 2
Weak, 3 Considerable, 4 Strong. Please,
select the options in the corresponding box using
the mouse of your computer. b. Indicate how
important you think it is that a student should
acquire the competence in his/her education for
the second cycle. Please use the values 1 to 4
according to the following key 1 None, 2
Weak, 3 Considerable, 4 Strong. Please select
the option in the corresponding box using the
mouse of your computer. Important note. By
preparing the questionnaire, the EUCEET Tuning
Task Force considered that the First Cycle is
leading to a degree being by itself "relevant to
the European labour market", as required by the
Bologna Declaration. Some of the competences
listed below and commentaries are adapted from
the outcomes defining the "Body of knowledge"
developed in 2003 by a Committee of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
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  • In the "Body of knowledge", three levels of
    competence are defined, as follows
  • Level 1 (Recognition) represents a reasonable
    level of familiarity with a concept. At this
    level, the engineer is familiar with a concept,
    but lacks the knowledge to specify and procure
    solutions without additional expertise. For
    example, an engineer might recognize that a
    particular architectural plan poses significant
    construction difficulties without having the
    expertise to devise improved construction or
    design alternatives.
  • Level 2 (Understanding) implies a thorough
    mental grasp and comprehension of a concept or
    topic. Understanding requires more than abstract
    knowledge and is the basis for creative
    developing and practical applying this knowledge.
    Understanding refers not only to the scientific
    and technical aspects, but to the ethical
    consequences and responsibility as well.
  • Level 3 (Ability) is a capability to perform
    with competence. An engineer with the ability to
    design a particular system can take
    responsibility for the system, identifying all
    the necessary aspects of the design, and match
    objectives with appropriate technological
    solutions. As an engineer develops, the
    engineers abilities also develop so that more
    challenging and difficult problems can be solved.

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Civil Engineering Questionnaire for academics
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Questionnaire for academics and employers
CIVIL ENGINEERING Generic Competences
Listed below are the 17 competences which have
been considered in the project Tuning Educational
Structures in Europe as most important for the
professional development of university graduates,
regardless the degree and the field.
Please rank below the five most important
competences according to your opinion. Please
write the number of the item within the box.
Mark on the first box the most important, on the
second box the second most important and so on.
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  • 24 November 2004
  • Excerpts from the Report of the Tuning MC meeting
    in Bilbao
  • Thematic Networks
  • The project coordinators thank all MC members for
    the work they have done as Tuning counsellors
    over the past year. It has been time consuming
    but rewarding. However, for Tuning III in which
    about 20 TNs will apply the Tuning approach, a
    more targeted and less energy taking procedure is
    needed. So far Tuning and the TNs were in a
    process of information. Some of the TNs are quite
    advanced in applying Tuning, others are not.
  • 29 November 2004
  • Pablo Beneitone from Deusto University sends the
    template produced during the Tuning MC meeting in
    Bilbao for the use of TNs.

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  • 9 December 2004
  • Pablo. Beneitone writes to Prof. Manoliu
  • If you want to conduct the consultation shortly,
    we could give you an on-line platform to do it.
  • We could put the questionnaire on-line and you
    could inform your partners that they should
    complete the questionnaire on-line.
  • 10 December 2004
  • At the EUCEET II Management Committee meeting in
    Barcelona, a State-of-the-art of EUCEET-Tuning is
    presented by I. Manoliu, along with the offer
    made by Tuning Coodinator, Deusto University.
  • The Management Committee decides unanimously the
    use the consultation on-line. It is decided also
    that surveys will be undertaken only among
    academics and employers, skipping the survey
    among graduates.
  • A plan of action concerning the involvement of
    EUCEET in Tuning is adopted.

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EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning The on-line consultation phase
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  • 1st February 2005
  • Meeting of Tuning Coordinator with TNs
    representatives Brussels
  • An agreement on the involvement of EUCEET II in
    Tuning is concluded in the following terms
  • surveys only among academics and employers
  • the same questionnaire on generic competences
    for both academic and employers, namely the
    questionnaire with 17 generic competences
    prepared by Tuning for academics
  • respondents to be asked to rank the first 5
    (among 17) of the generic competences
  • survey to be conducted on-line using the
    facilities of Deusto University

  • 20 February 2005
  • The list of usernames for academics and for
    employers for the on-line consultation is sent by
    Deusto University
  • 1st March 2005
  • A letter providing the usernames and the
    invitation for participation in the consultation
    on-line is sent by ENPC to all EUCEET II partners

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List of usernames for countries
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  • 23rd April 2005
  • Meeting of Tuning Coordinator with TNs
    representatives, Budapest
  • Tuning and the Thematic Networks the way ahead
  • An extension of the deadline of the on-line
    consultation until 15th July 2005 is obtained

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One of the hundreds e-mails received during the
EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning exercise I am the Dean and
therefore my answers are official. Can you tell
me what will the others say that can be different
from the official answer?
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EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning First results of the on-line
consultation 1. Analysis made by the Tuning
specialist in statistics, Mr. Paul Laka from
Deusto University, who sent on 22 September 2005
the following pp presentation
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SURVEY SAMPLING
  • Cluster sampling
  • Respondents clustered within universities or
    countries
  • Assumptions of Simple Random Sampling (SRS) may
    not be valid respondents are not strictly
    independent as subjected to a cluster effect,...

  • Design effect
  • Clustered design is widely used in research and
    does not represent a source of bias
  • Cluster sampling affects the survey sampling
    error it is increased depending on differences
    in measured items among clusters
  • Further analysis
  • Simple Random Sampling estimates and procedures
    will not be used in either univariate or
    multivariate analysis
  • All further estimates and conclusions take into
    account the clustered nature of data at country
    level

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SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
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Sample distribution Specific Competences
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Shorter labels are used for each item
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EUCEET Specific Competences 1st CYCLE
95 Confidence intervals, ordered competences
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EUCEET Specific Competences 2nd CYCLE
95 Confidence intervals, ordered competences
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EUCEET Specific Competences 1st 2nd CYCLE
Competences by order in questionnaire
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EUCEET Specific Competences 1st 2nd CYCLE
Competences ordered according to 1st cycle
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EUCEET Specific Competences 1st 2nd CYCLE
Competences ordered according to 2nd cycle
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EUCEET Specific Competences 1st 2nd CYCLE
Competences ordered according to differences
between cycles
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ITEMS where countries showed some significant
heterogeneity
(meaning that at least one of the countries
showed a significant difference from the overall
mean, alt1))
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GENERIC COMPETENCES
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Sample distribution Generic Competences
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Shorter labels are used for each item
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EUCEET Generic Competences RANKING, Academics
Decreasing ranking
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ITEMS where countries showed some significant
heterogeneity
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EUCEET-ECCE-Tuning A final task writing the
Summary of Tuning subject area findings
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Template for summary of Tuning subject area
findingsName of Subject Area
  • Introduction to the subject area
  • maximum 2000 characters including spaces
  • A general description of the subject area and its
    key characteristics is it understood in the same
    way in all European countries or are there
    relevant differences are there any other
    particular aspects that should be mentioned in an
    overview.
  • Degree profile(s)
  • in table form
  • Typical degrees offered in the subject area
  • First cycle in (name subject area / specific
    parts)
  • Second cycle in (name subject area / specific
    parts)
  • Third cycle in (name subject area / specific
    parts)

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  • Typical occupations of the graduates in the
    subject area (map of professions)
  • First cycle
  • Second cycle
  • Third cycle
  • Role of subject area in other degree programmes
  • maximum 1000 characters including spaces
  • Which programmes and in what way.
  • Learning outcomes competences - level cycle
    descriptors
  • in table form
  • First cycle (subject specific and generic)
  • Second cycle (subject specific and generic)
  • Third cycle (subject specific and generic)
  • Which are the main learning outcomes expressed in
    the relevant subject specific and generic
    competences (from the Tuning list of generic
    competences) for the different cycles, taking
    into account the level of the competence (what
    the graduate knows and is able to do) that has to
    be achieved.
  • Consultation process with stakeholders
  • maximum 1000 characters including spaces

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  • Workload and ECTS
  • Workload of the typical degree programmes
    expressed in ECTS-credits
  • First cycle (180-240?)
  • Second cycle (60-90-120?)
  • Third cycle (120-180-240?)
  • Trends and differences within the European higher
    education area in this subject area.
  • maximum 2000 characters including spaces
  • Learning, teaching assessment
  • maximum 4000 characters including spaces
  • Three example of best practice in learning,
    teaching and assessment to achieve competences
    relevant to the subject area.
  • Quality enhancement
  • maximum 2000 characters including spaces
  • Subject area related observations on the use of
    Tuning tools in programme design, delivery,
    monitoring and improvement.
  • Actual content and deadline
  • to be discussed and agreed upon with Tuning
    Coordinator
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