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CALL FOR TRAINING: TRANSFORM YOUR CLASS IN A TEAM

As part of the ClassTHIFA Project, Unipa and the partners of the European consortium invite teachers/ educators to participate in a training course to be held in Istanbul from 3 April to 5 April 2024.

  

THE PROJECT:

 

The aim of the ClassTHIFA project is to develop the necessary tools to improve the competences of future teachers/educators, with a particular focus on university higher education. The aim of the implemented methodology is to transform the classroominto a team and the learning environment into an effective support for development.

ClassTHIFA is a 30-month project (01/11/2021 - 01/05/2024, extended to 31/10/2024), involving 9 partners from 6 countries. The partnership includes 3 universities and 6 organisations:

 

Nr.	Partener	Acronym	Country
P1	UMEA UNIVERSITET	UmU	Sweden
P2	CREATIVE THINKING DEVELOPMENT	CreThiDev	Greece
P3	VIRTUAL CAMPUS LDA	VC	Portugal
P4	UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCURESTI	UNSTPB (UPB)	Romania
P5	STRATIGON FINANCE PRIVATE COMPANY	STRATIGON	Greece
P6	ISTITUTO EUROPEO PER LO SVILUPPO SOCIO ECONOMICO ASSOCIAZIONE	ISES	Italy
P7	REGION VASTERBOTTEN	RV	Sweden
P8	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO	UNIPA	Italy
P9	INVESTURCO Inc.	INVESTURCO	Turkey

 

The documentary and field analyses conducted by the project partners in their respective countries revealed various training needs of teachers, especially in the area of communication. The need emerged for teachers to develop skills to help solve communication problems during university education/training and to improve the efficiency level of university higher education. According to the research conducted within the ClassTHIFA project, the coaching approach in teaching, and more generally in everyday contexts, is not widespread in Europe.

The result of the preparatory phase of the needs analysis is the development of a Lesson Book, the ClassTHIFA Trainer’s Handbook. The Handbook aims to improve the competencies of university teachers in the field of classroom coaching methodology, enabling connection and cooperation between the teacher/coach and the learner.

Five training units were developed, each containing a series of lessons:

UNIT 1: Coaching

UNIT 2: Personality and Self-improvement

UNIT 3: Communication

UNIT 4: Team management

UNIT 5: Technology and learning

 

TRAINING:

The upcoming action of the project aims to promote the training of young future trainers. The theoretical and methodological framework of the training looks at coaching as an innovative training element.

The training will take place at Istanbul University from 3 April to 5 April 2024.

Unipa will soon open a call to select four people to travel to Istanbul as beneficiaries of the training. Boarding and lodging expenses will be covered by the university.

The selection criteria, which will be better explained in the Call for applications to be made public shortly, concern the following areas:

1) affiliation: candidates must be members of the organisation promoting the selection.

2) the level of education: the minimum level must be a Bachelor’s degree.

3) teaching/ training duties: candidates should have duties such as teaching/ supervising courses, applications, seminaries, and/or practical work with students;

4) good English skills proven during the selection interview;

For further information, please refer to the person responsible for the selection process and scientific head of the project: Prof. Antonino Bianco (antonino.bianco@unipa.it).