1 / 19

Tradition, multiculturalism and new challenges in geography teaching at the

Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2 nd - 5 th September 2005. Tradition, multiculturalism and new challenges in geography teaching at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania. - Zoltan Pal - Teacher assistant,

kineta
Download Presentation

Tradition, multiculturalism and new challenges in geography teaching at the

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005 Tradition, multiculturalism and new challenges in geography teaching at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania - Zoltan Pal - Teacher assistant, Department of Physical Geography Faculty of Geography Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj

  2. Outline of the presentation • General overview of the Romanian Geography higher education network • brief presentation of the BBU Cluj • tradition and multiculturalism at the University and Geography Faculty • changes induced by the market of human resources • changes induced by the Bologna process • final toughts Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  3. General overview of the Romanian Geography higher education network BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY: University of Bucharest FACULTY: of Geography SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM GEOGRAPHY – ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TERRITORIAL PLANNING CARTOGRAPHY ORADEA UNIVERSITY: University of Oradea FACULTY: of History and Geography SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY TERRITORIAL PLANNING TIRGOVISTE UNIVERSITY: VALAHIA University FACULTY: of Human Sciences SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY CRAIOVA UNIVERSITY: University of Craiova FACULTY: of History-Philosophy-Geography SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY SIBIU UNIVERSITY: Dimitrie Cantemir University FACULTY: of Geography and Tourism SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECION GEOGRAPHY – ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TIMISOARA UNIVERSITY: University of Vest FACULTY: of Chemistry-Biology-Geography SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY IASI UNIVERSITY: Al. I. Cuza University FACULTY: of Geography and Geology SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CONSTANTA UNIVERSITY: Ovidius University FACULTY: of Natural Sciences and Agricultural Sciences SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY environmental science SUCEAVA UNIVERSITY: Stefan cel Mare University FACULTY: of Hystory and Geography SPECIALIZATIONS: GEOGRAPHY The Geography teaching has got more than a century long history in 3 centres: Iasi, Bucharest and Cluj. Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  4. Brief presentation of the BBU Cluj Today, Babeş-Bolyai University is Romania's largest, the most complex and diversely structured university. This is not a subjective assessment, but a conclusion drawn from the main indicators which define the identity of a university. The university now has more than 45,500 students enrolled in the 21 faculties which currently exist. The Babeş-Bolyai University provides courses for more than 45,500 students (of which more than 500 are foreign students, more than 3,000 are doctoral students and 4,300 are secondary education teachers), the educational and research activity being carried out by a teaching staff of over 1,700. Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  5. Multiculturalism at the BBU Cluj The multiculturalism orgiginates directly from the history of the University. The present structure was established in 1959 by joining the romanian Babes and the hungarian Bolyai Universities. Located in a geographical area characterized by the presence of diverse ethnic and religious groups, our University adheres to a policy of multiculturalism, its students and teaching staff being Romanian, as well as Hungarian, German and Roma. 15 of our 21 faculties provide both a Romanian and a Hungarian curriculum, and 9 of them provide both a Romanian and a German curriculum. Our University proposes academic studies for 105 specializations in Romanian, 52 in Hungarian, 13 in German and 4 in English. Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  6. Multiculturalism at the BBU Cluj Having departments for training students in widely-spoken languages (English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), in other modern languages (Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovakian), in the great Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Babes-Bolyai University offers varied opportunities for language training. With its four theologyfaculties ­Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic and Reformed, representing the seven Christian denominations in Transylvania ­ our university offers singular opportunities for the study of theology. Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  7. Affiliations of BBU Cluj • European Universities Association (http://www.eua.be) • International Association of Universities (http://www.unesco.org/iau/ ) • Danube Rectors´ Conference (http://www.d-r-c.org/) • Inter University Centre Dubrovnik (http://www.iuc.hr) • Association of Carpathian Region Universities (http://acru.tuke.sk/) • Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (http://www.auf.org) • Association of the Faculties/Institutions of Letters and Humanities of French-Speaking Universities • Regional Conference ofthe Rectors of Central and European Francophone Agency Universities. • HERODOT  (by Faculty of Geography) Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  8. France • Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne http://www.univ-paris1.fr • Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II http://www.u-paris2.fr • Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III http://www.univ-paris3.fr • Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris IV http://www.paris4.sorbonne.fr • Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI http://www.admp6.jussieu.fr • Université Paris XII Val de Marne http://www.univ-paris12.fr • Université Catholique de l´Ouest, Angers http://www.uco.fr • Université d´Angers http://www.univ-angers.fr • Université d´Artois Arras http://www.univ-artois.fr • Université d´Auvergne - Clermont I, Clermont-Ferrand http://www.u-clermont1.fr • Université Michel de Montaigne ­ Bordeaux III http://www.montaigne.u-bordeaux.fr • Université de Caen (Centre d´Enseignement Universitaire International pour Etrangers) http://www.unicaen.fr • Université de Bourgogne de Dijon http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/ • Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble I http://www.ujf-grenoble.fr/ujf/fr/welcome.phtml • Université Pierre Mendčs France Grenoble II http://www.upmf-grenoble.fr/upmf • Université de Limoges http://www.unilim.fr/ • Université Lumičre Lyon II http://www.univ-lyon2.fr • Université Jean Moulin Lyon III http://www.univ-lyon3.fr • Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille I http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr • Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille II http://mediterranee.univ-aix.fr • Université de Marne-la-Vallée http://www.univ-mlv.fr • Université de Metz http://www.univ-metz.fr • Université Montpellier II http://www.univ-montp2.fr • Université de Nantes http://www.univ-nantes.fr • Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis http://www.unice.fr • Université d´Orléans http://www.univ-orleans.fr • Université de Perpignan http://www.univ-perp.fr • Université de Rennes I http://www.univ-rennes1.fr • Université de Rennes II Haute Bretagne http://www.uhb.fr/index.jsp • Université de Rouen Haute-Normandie http://www.univ-rouen.fr • Australia • University of Technology, Sidney http://www.usyd.edu.au • Austria • Universität Salzburg http://www.sbg.ac.at • Universität Wien http://www.univie.ac.at • Belgium • Université Libre de Bruxelles http://www.ulb.ac.be • Free University of Brussels http://www.vub.ac.be • Catholic University of Leuven http://www.kuleuven.ac.be • Université Catholique de Louvain http://www.ucl.ac.be • Canada • York University, Toronto http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/index.htm • Université du Québec ŕ Montréal www.uqam.ca • The University of Western Ontario http://www.getcited.org/inst/138567 • Université de Sherbrooke www.usherbrooke.ca • Denmark • University of Southern Denmark, Odense http://www.sdu.dk • Germany • Universität Bremen http://www.uni-bremen.de • Universität Bremerhaven http://www.hs-bremerhaven.de • Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau http://www.tu-chemnitz.de • Martin-Luther-Universität Halle ­ Wittenberg http://www.uni-halle.de • Universität Leipzig http://www.uni-leipzig.de • Westfällische Wilhelms-Universität Münster http://www.uni-muenster.de • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg http://www.uni-erlangen.de • Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg http://www.uni-oldenburg.de • Universität Osnabrück http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de • Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen http://www.uni-tuebingen.de • Universität Rostock http://www.uni-rostock.de • Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de Interuniversity agreements

  9. Italy • Universitŕ degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" http://www.uniroma1.it • Universitŕ degli Studi "Pio V" din Roma http://www.luspio.org • Universitŕ degli Studi di Bari http://www.uniba.it/index.php • Universitŕ degli Studi di Camerino http://www.unicam.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Ferrara http://www.unife.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Firenze http://www.unifi.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano http://www.unimi.it • Universitŕ Sacro Cuore di Milano http://www.unicatt.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Napoli "L´Orientale" http://www.iuo.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Padova http://www.unipd.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Perugia http://www.unipg.it • Universitŕ per Stranieri di Perugia http://www.unistrapg.it • Universitŕ di Pisa http://www.unipi.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Torino http://www.unito.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Trieste http://www.univ.trieste.it • Universitŕ degli Studi di Udine http://www.uniud.it • The Netherlands • Leiden University http://www.leiden.edu • Windesheim University for Professional Education http://www.windesheim.nl • Reformed University Zwolle http://www.gh-gpc.nl • Norway • Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim http://www.ntnu.no • Poland • Jagiellonian University, Krakow www.uj.edu.pl • Krakow University of Economics www.ae.krakow.pl • AGH ­ University of Science and Technology www.agh.edu.pl • The Technical University of Gdansk www.pg.gda.pl • Warsaw School of Economics www.sgh.waw.pl • Greece • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens www.uoa.gr • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki www.auth.gr • Hungary • Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest www.elte.hu • Corvinus University of Budapest www.uni-corvinus.hu • Budapest University of Technology and Economics www.bme.hu • Pázmány Peter Catholic University, Budapest www.ppke.hu • Ansrássy Gyula University of Budapest www.andrassyuni.hu • University of Debrecen www.unideb.hu • Szent István University, Gödöllő www.szie.hu • University of Miskolc www.uni-miskolc.hu • University of Pécs www.pte.hu • University of Szeged www.u-szeged.hu • University of Veszprém www.vein.hu • Israel • Hebrew University, Jerusalem • Carmel College, Daliat-el Carmel • Ben Gurion University of Negev http://www.bgu.ac.ilJapan • University of Kobe http://www.kobe-u.ac.jpKorea • Hansung University of Foreign Studies, Seoul http://www.hansung.ac.kr • Republic of Moldavia • State University of Moldova, Chişinău www.usm.md • Ion Creangă State Pedagogic University, Chişinău www.upm.moldnet.md • Alecu Russo State University, Bălţi Interuniversity agreements

  10. USA • Arizona State University http://www.asu.edu • DePaul University Chicago, Illinois http://www.depaul.edu • Florida International University, Miami www.fiu.edu • Florida State University, Tallahassee http://www.fsu.edu • Indiana University Bloomington http://www.iub.edu • Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island http://www.jwu.edu • Michigan State University, East Lansing http://www.msu.edu/home • Ohio State University http://www.osu.edu/index.php • Plymouth State University, New Hampshire http://www.plymouth.edu • San Jacinto College South ­ Houston http://www.sjcd.edu • The Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts http://www.clarku.edu • Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana http://www.tulane.edu • University of Athens, Georgia http://www.gsu.edu • University of Illinois at Urbana Chamapign http://www.uiuc.edu/index.html • University of Nevada, Reno http://www.unr.edu/content • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu • University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania http://www.pitt.edu • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond http://www.vcu.edu • Russian Federation • Ivanovo State University www.ivanovo.ac.at.ru • Saint-Petersburg State University www.spbu.ru • Serbia & Montenegro • University of Belgrade www.bg.ac.yu • University of Novi-Sad www.ns.ac.yu • Slovak Republic • Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra www.uniag.sk • Sweden • Uppsala University http://www.uu.se • Switzerland • Université de Genčve http://www.unige.ch • Université de Lausanne http://www.unil.ch • Université de Neuchâtel http://www.unine.ch • Ukraine • Ivan Franko University Lvov www.franko.lviv.ua • "Yuriy Fedkovich" National University Chernivtsi www.chnu.cv.ua • Odessa National "I.I. Mechnikov" University www.osu.odessa.ua • Uzhgorod State University www.univ.uzhgorod.ua Interuniversity agreements

  11. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ • Recent history • 1968-1978 – Faculty of Biology-Geology-Geography • specializations: geography • 1979-1989 - Faculty of Biology-Geology-Geography • specializations: geography-one foreign language • 1990- new specializations are established: • geography • environmental studies • land cadastre • touurism Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  12. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ • Recent history • 1993 – Faculty of Geography, specializations: • geography • geography – one foreign language • environmental studies • land cadastre • territorial planning • tourism Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  13. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ Recent history 1994 – Faculty of Geography, specializations: geography (romanian, hungarian, german) geography – one foreign language (romanian, german) tourism (romanian, hungarian) environmental science topography (romanian, hungarian) Territorial planning Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  14. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ Recent history 2001 – romanian : 5 specializations hungarian :4 specializations german: 2 specializations 2003 – master programs in Romanian, Hungarian, French, English Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  15. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ Recent history 2005 the Bologna process starts Specializations: Geography (rom, hun, germ) Geography of tourism (rom, hun) Territorial planning (rom) Cartography (rom) Master programs in Romanian, Hungarian, French, English Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  16. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ Recent history 2005 situation: 3 departments : - Physical Geography - Regional Geography - Human Geography Total of 76 people-teaching staff Total of 2400 studenst (including the 4 territorial colleges) Publications (books, courses, 2 journals), Laboratories, research, institutes, associations, etc. Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  17. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ geography geography – one foreign language tourism environmental science topography territorial planning geography geography – one foreign language tourism topography territorial planning geography geography – one foreign language tourism topography territorial planning + diversification of master Geography Geography of tourism Territorial planning Cartography 2001-2004 1993 2000 2005 Faculty of Environmental Sciences Saturated human resources market Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  18. FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY, Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ Local projection of the Bologna conditions . . . The base training time is decreasing from 4 to 3 years The academic stuff is paid based on teaching hours, . . . Curricula changes were made in that way, that the teaching hours remained the same, actually the number of theorethical hours increase impair to the seminars and practical-lab hours Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005 Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005

  19. Thank you for your attention!

More Related