中荷职业教育政策对话材料melchior van benthem,presentation beijing nov

1、Dutch Lions, Chinese DragonsInternational Cooperation ProjectNovember 1st, 2013Melchior van BenthemPolicy Advisor International AffairsPolicy of NHLInternationalisation as part of curriculumFocus on going abroad for a semester Numbers of exchange are still too limitedProject to raise numbers of exch

2、angeInternationalisation at home important to promote exchange and raise interest of studentsTheory of Critical MassFor students to inhibit international activities in their study should be normalInternationalisation should aim at reaching critical mass as soon as possible.Rule of thumb is 30%Policy

3、 of NHLStep 3 Third or fourth year studentsGoing abroad for one semesterStep 2 Second year studentsIntensive project abroadStep1 First year studentsIntensive project at homeFrom Chinese perspectiveGCU wants studentes to:Improve their EnglishGet familiair with International co-operationExperience Eur

4、opeGCU wants staff to:Learn Dutch modern teaching methodsExperience EuropeThis project consists of two parts:Foreign students join an intensive project of two weeks at NHL together with first year students of NHL (step 1)Second year students of NHL join an intensive project of two weeks abroad (step

5、 2)Three kinds of activitiesOne ongoing educational assignmentAn individual assignmentSocial activitiesThe essence is intensive interactionStep 2: intensive project abroadStep 1 is part of the curriculum is for first year studentsStep 2 is project abroad, optional for second year studentsThe essence

6、 of the projectDuration of two weeksAn ongoing educational assignmentAn individual assignment related to StudySocial activitiesOngoing educational projectTeamwork InternationalVariety in educational backgroundTheme: e.g. Management game, Service Innovation designLearning philosophyIntegration of kno

7、wledge, skills and attitudeEvery session delivers a concrete result and is gradedTeams are challenged by the element of competitionTeams are encouraged to learn from each other.The individual assignmentThe academic background of the group of students varies between 8-20 different study programmesEac

8、h student also works on a research question, based on her / his own study during two afternoons - evenings.E.g. what philosophy is used in a Chinese kindergarten as compared with a Dutch counterpart?E.g. what is the quality of building materials used in construction projects in China and does it eff

9、ect the speed of the project?Social activitiesLanguage activitiesCultural activitiesSocial eventsExcursions Results Until now the project is implemented in the Netherlands (2x), China (3x) and Lithuania (1x)On average 100 120 students participate and about 10 staff.At NHL 6-10 different departments

10、participate, resulting in affecting about 300 students and 25 staffThe project is awarded as Good Practice International Projects ( ) About 20% of the students who participate in the first year, choose to join the project in the second year.Students who joined the project in the second year, are more motivated and encouraged to go abroad for one semester!Lessons learnedMost effective promotion is done by communication of student to student Students have pay for the costs, no funding available! The next stepInvolve more departments or universitiesInvolve more partners in EuropeFutur