EcoCityEduca&onforsustainable,smartandpar&cipatoryurbandevelopment

March2016,Bergen,Norway JAKUBZASINA,M.A.

Basicfacts

17involveduniversityemployees

17months

13workpackages

Aimoftheproject

Thedevelopmentofaninnova0vecurriculumforthepurposeoflaunchingBachelordegreeEcoCitystudies&fillingthegapineduca0onofcitymanagerswithinterdisciplinarybackground.

Background

•  Increasingdemandforspacialistsinurbanmanagement.

•  Newapproachineduca&onpromo&ngprac&calstudies.

•  Increasingcompe&&onforstudentsamonguniversites.

Whataretherootsoftheproject?

Selectedresults

•  Innova&vemodule-basedcurriculumforEcoCityBachelorsudies.

•  Fourhandbooksinafieldofurbanstudies.

•  Blended-learningplaQormsforselectedcourses.

•  Na&onwideconferenceonnewmethodsandtechniquesinteachingurbanstudies.

Whatisexpectedtobedone?

Schedule

2015-01-01 2016-05-312016-03

Schedule

2015-01-01 2016-05-31

Finished:

•  Surveyresearchamongmunicipali&es

•  Consulta&onswithprofessionalsandspecialists(Consulta&onBoard)

•  Englishande-learningcourses•  Crea&onofcurriculumlogic(approvedbytheuniversity)

2016-03

Module-basedcurriculum1styear

3rdyear

2ndyear

Basicknowledge

Integra&onofknowledge

Integra&onandprofessionalisa&on/

specializa&onofknowledge

Module-basedcurriculum

EcoCityPublicsectoreconomics

Urbansociology

Localgovernment

andinsHtuHons

Urbanecology

Urbaneconomy

Sustainableurban

development

UrbanregeneraHon

Citymanagement

&PlacemarkeHng

1styear

3rdyearselectableworkshops

2ndyear

Specialisa&onworkshop:Integratedurbandevelopment–

EnvironmentalProfile

Specialisa&onworkshop:Integratedurbandevelopment

–EconomicProfile

Specialisa&onworkshop:Integratedurbandevelopment

–SocialProfile

Module-basedcurriculum

EcoCityPublicsectoreconomics

Urbansociology

Localgovernment

andinsHtuHons

Urbanecology

Urbaneconomy

Sustainableurban

development

UrbanregeneraHon

Citymanagement

&PlacemarkeHng

1styear 2ndyear

Specialisa&onworkshops3rdyear

Fieldworks Fieldworks

3-monthlonginternships

Schedule

2015-01-01 2016-05-31

Finished:

•  Testsofselectedcoursesande-learningplaQorms

•  Wri&ngfouracademichandbooks

•  Workshopswithhighschoolpupils

2016-03

Schedule

2015-01-01 2016-05-31

Ongoing:

•  Bergenstudyvisit•  Organisa&onofthena&on-wideconference

2016-03

Conclusions

Contactsprof.AleksandraNowakowska,Ph.D.associateprofessor,PrincipalInves0gatorolanow@uni.lodz.pl

AgnieszkaRzeńca,Ph.D.assistantprofessoragnieszka_rzenca@uni.lodz.pl

MariuszSokołowicz,Ph.D.assistantprofessormariusz.sokolowicz@uni.lodz.pl

ZbigniewPrzygodzki,Ph.D.assistantprofessorzbycho@uni.lodz.pl

EwaBoryczka,M.A.assistanteboryczka@uni.lodz.pl

JakubZasina,M.A.Ph.D.Candidate,PIassistantjakub.zasina@uni.lodz.pl

ThankYou