Perspectives of Educational Systems

1. Perspectives of Educational Systems Valér Csernus M.D., Ph.D., professor 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

2. Higher education system in Hungary • Bologna system since 1999 • two level (BS., MA. | undivided) • credit system • 1 credit = 30 student work-hours, <50% university classes, >50% home • 30 credits / semester • mandatory – optional (elective, facultative) subjects • Universities in Hungary • national • private (foundations, churches) • University structure • head – rector (academic), chancellor (financial), University Senate • schools (faculties) – branch of sciences • institutes, clinics – singular or department groups • departments – subject (groups) • Students • national scholarship • private (tuition fee) 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

3. Perspectives • The education system must change, develop continuously • The science and technology develop rapidly - the education must not only followthem quick, but also must predict the trends • The studentschange – their basic education, their current and future way of life • To improve the financial state of the university • Respond to the increased international competition in university education • Major concerns of development • Quality and efficiency • Internationalization • Practice orientation - dual systems, industrial connections • E-learning • Research – basic and applied, R&D 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

4. Quality and efficiency • To ensure quality and efficiency: • Appropriate curriculum • keep pace with the rapid development of science and technology • based on well defined output requirement – knowledge and skills • application of modern educational methods, approximations • Good teachers • authentic, charismatic personality • good didactics • up-to-date knowledge and skills, motivation to develop themselves • Appropriate infrastructure • lecture halls, modern teaching instrumentation • teaching laboratories (in campus and collaborations) • student facilities (library, sport, housing) • Ensuring quality • organized quality control / assurance • accreditation – local, national, international • students’ feedback – anonymous, regular 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

5. Internationalization • Goals • financial… • international fame of the university • stimulation for up-to-date curriculum, quality assurance • broadening the professors’ knowledge and international relations • To do • comply the curriculum to • foreign terminology • students of various basic training and culture • professors • multilingual • preparation of teaching aids in multiple languages and terminology • adaptation to students of different cultural background and knowledge levels • Admittance • appropriate marketing • recruiting companies • entrance examinations • preparatory courses (subjects, language, cultural differences) 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

6. 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019 • Means • complying the curriculum to • foreign terminology • adaptation to students of various basic training • professors • multilingual • preparation of teaching aids in multiple languages and terminology • adaptation to students of different cultural background and knowledge levels • Admittance • appropriate marketing • recruiting companies • entrance examinations • preparatory courses (subjects, language, cultural differences) • Student services • multilingual administrators • student bodies • libraries, recreation facilities • alumni program

7. Practice-orientation • Goal: beside providing a sound theoretical knowledge, also developing practical skills of the students – to turn out fully qualified, immediately useful specialists • Internal – modern training laboratories, realistic skill labs • External - “dual training” – industrial cooperation, real workplace environment • factories, pharmaceutical companies • teaching hospitals • practicing schools • courts, administration 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

8. E-learning • Possibility (technical development) and need (“mass education”) • Goals • involving the modern technologies (Internet, multimedia, virtual reality), for • efficient training at large scale (increasing number of students), • without compromising the quality. • Means • e-teaching • digitalized teaching aids (handouts, pictures, animations, multimedia) • digitalized aid for skill-developing practices (multimedia, virtual reality) • remote consulting – teleconference • examination • inexpensive, efficient • easy to standardize and evaluate • avoids subjectivity • BUT practical skills 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

9. Research work in the universities • Goals • NOT to train scientists • NOT to provide infrastructure for scientist – who do not want to teach • BUT to support state-of-the-art, authentic teaching; Scientific activity of the professors supports, motivates, encourages them to teach. No one can be a good, authentic, motivating lecturer, if they are not familiar with, not involved in research at internationally recognized level. • Scientists in research institutes – wasting they talent;they don’t share their results, “quarantining” they work, don’t dispend their motivation, attitudes with students. • Means • encouraging, motivating, supporting the professors to do research, andto participate in international scientific collaborations and conferences • maintaining efficient doctoral (PhD) schools • establishing and supporting scientific student bodies. • not to train scientists but educate professionally better future specialists who are familiar with, and motivated to keep pace with the development of the science • “recruitment” of talented professors. • Additional benefits of the research work in the universities • scientific achievements result in higher esteem for the university • applied science (R&D) give financial benefits to the university 1st Iranian-Hungarian Rectors' Conference 2019

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