National Qualifications Framework in Poland

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National Qualifications

Framework in Poland

Jolanta Rodzo

Maria Curie-SklodowskaUniversity

Lublin

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The history of the Polish

higher education

University of Krakow 1364.

From 1817Jagiellonian

University

Nicolas Copernicus - 1491 - 1495

19th:

4 higher education institutions

1939:

18 higher education institutions

(6 universities)

1990:112 higher education institutions

2010:

470 higher education

institutions

Collegium Maiusthe oldest building of University of Krakow

Reasons for increase in the number of higher schools? 2


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Law on Higher Education 1990:

Green light to set up private higher schools

106 106 99 115130 132

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315 338

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1990/1991 1992/1993 1995/1996 2000/2001 20052006 2010/2011

public schools non-public schools

Number of higher education institutions

400 000 students 2 000 000 students

66% students

34% students

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Lublin

9 higher schools

5 public (state) schools

4 non-public schools

80 000 students

Maria Curie Sklodowska

University

24 000 students

56 courses of study

11 faculties

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Poland in

the European Higher Education Area

Memeber of the Bologna Process since 1999

Implementation of the objectives of the Bologna

Process

Three-cycle degree system

ECTS system

Mobility programmes for students and teachers

Flexible pathways of the learning process

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2012

Implementation of the EuropeanQualifications Framework (EQF)

the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

New rules in the teaching area

New mechanisms of the quality control inhigher education institutions

The reform

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European (National) Qualifications

Framework Structure of the educational system

+ Description of planned learning oucomes for each

level

Knowlegde

Skills formulated in a general way

Social competences

The necessity to achieve the planned learning outcomes

to obtain a diploma at a given level of education

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The structure of the National (Polish)

Qualifications Framework

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6 (1)

8 (3)

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8 (3)

7 (2)

6 (1)

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EQF levels PQF levels

Higher

education

levels Bachelors degree

Masters degree

Phd degree

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Humanities Art Sciences Natural sciences Exact sciences

Medical sciences Social sciences Technical sciences

Agricultural, forestry

and veterinary

sciences

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Humanities

K+S+SC

Art Sciences

K+S+SC

Natural sciences

K+S+SC

Exact sciences

K+S+SC

Medical sciences

K+S+SC

Social sciences

K+S+SC

Technical sciences

K+S+SC


and veterinary

sciences

K+S+SC

The learning outomes for every domain

in a more detailed way

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Humanities

K+S+SC

Art Sciences

K+S+SC

Natural sciences

K+S+SC

Exact sciences

K+S+SC

Medical sciences

K+S+SC

Social sciences

K+S+SC

Technical sciences

K+S+SC


and veterinary

sciences

K+S+SC


in more detail way

Separately forbachelors and masters degree

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Humanities

K+S+SC

Art Sciences

K+S+SC

Natural sciences

K+S+SC

Exact sciences

K+S+SC

Medical sciences

K+S+SC

Social sciences

K+S+SC

Technical sciences

K+S+SC


and veterinary

sciences

K+S+SC


in more detail way

Separately for bachelor and master leveles

Basis for the study programmes

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How to create a study program?

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Political economics

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Humanit.

K

S

SC

Social

K

S

SC

Natural

K

S

SC

Technical

K

S

SC

Medical

K

S

SC

A+F+V

K

S

SC

Art

K

S

SC

Exact

K

S

SC

Political economics

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Humanit.

K

S

SC

Social

K

S

SC

Natural

K

S

SC

Technical

K

S

SC

Medical

K

S

SC

A+F+V

K

S

SC

Art

K

S

SC

Exact

K

S

SC

Political economics

K

S

SC

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Humanit.

K

S

SC

Social

K

S

SC

Natural

K

S

SC

Technical

K

S

SC

Medical

K

S

SC

A+F+V

K

S

SC

Art

K

S

SC

Exact

K

S

SC

Political economics

K

S

SC

GeoIT

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Humanit.

K

S

SC

Social

K

S

SC

Natural

K

S

SC

Technical

K

S

SC

Medical

K

S

SC

A+F+V

K

S

SC

Art

K

S

SC

Exact

K

S

SC

Political economics

K

S

SC

GeoIT

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Humanit.

K

S

SC

Social

K

S

SC

Natural

K

S

SC

Technical

K

S

SC

Medical

K

S

SC

A+F+V

K

S

SC

Art

K

S

SC

Exact

K

S

SC

Political economicsK

S

SC

Geo-ITK

S

SC

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And then.....

Prepare a set of subjects to achieve the planned

learning outcomes

Determine other elements of study programme

(number of hours, ECTS, ....) Have it approved by the Faculty Council

Have it approved by the Senate of a given school

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Compatibility of learning outcomes

Levels:PhD

DEGREE

MASTERS

DEGREE

BACHELORS

DEGREE

The domain

SOCIAL

SCIENCES

The course

POLITICAL

ECONOMICS

General learning outcomesDetailed learning outcomes

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

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Levels:PhD

DEGREE

MASTERS

DEGREE

BACHELORS

DEGREE

The domain

SOCIAL

SCIENCES

The course

POLITICAL

ECONOMICS


Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

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Levels:PhD

DEGREE

MASTERS

DEGREE

BACHELORS

DEGREE

The domain

SOCIAL

SCIENCES

The course

POLITICAL

ECONOMICS


Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

Subject 1

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New approach in practice

The old way: Local, regional and global problems

of envinronmental protection

The new way:

Student:

analyzes environmental problems

on a local, regional and global

scale

gives the examples of problemsthat can be solved on a local,

regional and global scale

presents proposals for solving

particular problems

takes part in disscusion onenvironmental problems

is aware that his habits have an

impact on the natural

environment

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Strenghts of the new approach:

Focusing on the results of the learning process

Emphasizing the priority of students position in the

teaching process

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Important!

1. The list of approved (by the Ministry)courses of study does not exist

2. There is no need to obtain the Ministrys

permission to organise a planned course ofstudy

3. The Ministry of Higer Education is informed

which courses of study a given schoolorganizes every year

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New courses of study in 2012

> 50 new courses Examples:

Water recourse management

Communication management

Crisis management

Interpersonal communication

Public policy

Human nutrition Food safety

GeoIT

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Barriers:

The choice of domain for the planned course of

study

The one in which the faculty is authorised to confer the

degree of habilitation to the PhD

Inter-domain courses

Necessity to organise a course with another faculty (with

rigts to confer the academic degrees in a suitable domain)

The faculties which are not authorised to confer the

degree of habilitation to the PhD Need to receive a permission of the Ministry of Higher

Education

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Adaptation to the labour market:

Profiles of study:

General academic profile scientifically oriented

Practical profile corresponding to the labour

market Empirically oriented subjects

Workshops-style classes

Emphasis on practical skills

Vocational training

Cooperation with external institutions and businesses

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Implementation of

Qualifications Framework

Advantages:

Autonomy of the faculties

in:

creating courses of study

preparing study programmes

cooperation with external

institutions

Disadvantages:

Compulsory

implementation of the

internal Quality Assurance Accreditation process =

external assessment

From faculties pointof view

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What is the quality of education?

Everybody talks about it,

but nobody has seen it

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Quality Assurance a compulsory task

for the faculties:

Prepare and introduce the system of measures to

ensure the high quality of educationfor us

Prove that the quality system worksfor externalassessment

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What does it mean?To prepare the measures to

ensure the quality of

education

Set of:

Methods of checking the learning

outcomes (all of the planned ones)

Methods of evaluatingprogrammes

Rules of cooperation with external

institutions

Methods of supporting students

(more and less capable ones)

Requirements for teachers

Requirements for equipment

Rules of teachers evaluation

Etc.

To prove that the quality

system works

To prepare the procedures for all

elements of the educational

process

To show that the procedures arebeing used

That the procedures are being

evaluated and improved

That procedures are known for

students and teachers

Bureaucracy

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Structure of Quality Assurance

University Team for Quality of Education AssuranceRectors plenipotentiary the chairperson of the UTQEA

Faculty 1

Team for Quality

of Education

Assurance

Faculty 6

Team for Qualityof Education

Assurance

Faculty 4


Assurance

Faculty 2

Team for Quality

of Education

Assurance

Faculty 5


Assurance

Faculty 3

Team for Quality

of Education

Assurance

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Accreditation body:

2001: the State Accreditation Committee

2011: the Polish Accreditation Committe

the only statutory body entrusted with the responsibility

of evaluating the quality of higher education

Full member of:

European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) - since

December 2005

International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies inHigher Education (INQAAHE) - since May 2007

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher

Education (ENQA)- since January 2009

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Types of accreditation process

Programme evaluation:

The chosen course of study

The programme

The staff quality

The equipment quality

Syllabuses

Ways of verifying learning

outcomes

Etc.

Institutional evaluation:

Management of educational

system at the faculty

The procedures concerningparticular elements of the

educational process

Process of implementation of

the procedures

Everything that is connected

with the educational process

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The attitude to the reform

The followers

There is a need to follow the changes in Europe, in the world

The reform gives opportunity to create a better offer for students

The opponents

The new approach does not fit into the Polish higher educations

tradition

It relates to the primary school

This way of thinking about higher education is impossible to be apllied.

Reform should be rejected

The pragmatists

Work has to be done because of the accreditation process

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The faculties versus the reform

1. Reform as the necessity

Change in the form of programmes addition of the learning

outcomes to the old programmes

2. Reform as the chance Deep changes in the educational offer,

New courses, new specialties adjusted to the modern society and the

labour market

Development of the educational activity

Cooperation with external institutions, bussinesses

Cooperation with students

New forms of classes

Etc.

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2012students enrollment

Practical profile

Courses relevant to the labour market

New courses

Encouragement to extend the offer for students

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Students future career

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Benefits ???

Losses ???


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