The Teaching4Learning (T4L) project
Teaching4Learning @ Unipd represents a genuine development plan for the teaching and e-learning competences of the lecturers of the University of Padua and is a concrete example of a transformative model in the university context.
Among the first in the Italian landscape, T4L is the result of a continuous research path carried out in the field of teaching in higher education and in international research groups, aimed at promoting the development of a teaching culture inspired by active learning (active learning) and based on the centrality of the learner (learner centred), as well as the building of a community of lecturers engaged in continuous learning who voluntarily become passionate about innovative teaching and become part of a faculty learning community.
This programme responds to the recommendations of the European Commission (2011; 2013), which encourages university teaching staff to experiment with new student-centred teaching and learning strategies, promoting the de-privatisation of teaching and the development of communities of lecturers capable of reflecting on their own teaching practices and on specific key themes.
- Encourage the development of a deep awareness of the assumptions and values relating to teaching and learning;
- offer the opportunity to learn new teaching strategies and methodologies to engage students, encouraging their active and informed participation in teaching activities;
- create a Community a place of exchange in which to share reflections and teaching experiences among colleagues (towards a gradual de-privatisation of one’s own teaching);
- offer the opportunity forPeer Observation: observing one another as peers during classroom teaching and providing and receiving constructive feedback;
- learn educational coaching practices to support colleagues in their teaching in order to develop effective practices that foster learning.
The T4L Report describes the development of the Teaching4Learning Project and the training pathway that has evolved over time, showing how the experimentation that began in 2016 became, in just 5 years, deeply embedded in Unipd’s teaching culture.
It also makes it possible to become aware of what has been achieved, to assess the impact of the significant investments made, and to give new impetus to future developments.
The project is currently coordinated by:
Marina De Rossi (Rector’s Delegate for Teacher Education and Innovative Teaching)
Ettore Bolisani (Advisor to the Teaching4Learning@Unipd project)
Carlo Mariconda (Advisor for Digital Teaching)
From 2016 to 2022, the project was promoted and coordinated by:
Daniela Mapelli - Vice-Rector for Teaching
Monica Fedeli - Advisor for Teaching, with responsibility for Innovative Teaching
Valentina De Marchi - Advisor to the Teaching4Learning @Unipd® project
Carlo Mariconda - Advisor for training in higher education, e-learning and distance learning
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Educational Offer Office
Teaching4Learning project
Via Venezia 16 - Padua
Tel. 049 827 6316 - 1246 - 7160
Email: teaching4learning@unipd.it