Roadmap for Societal Engagement for Higher Education Institutions.

  1. Ateca-Amestoy, V.
  2. Äyvari, A.C.
  3. Eskelinen, A.
  4. Johansson, T.
  5. Jyrämä, A.
  6. Kanervo, R.
  7. Kein, A.,
  8. Kiitsak-Prikk, K.
  9. Plaza, B.
  10. Pusa, T.
  11. Ranczakowska, A.
  12. Sarlio-Siintola, S.
  13. Sassi, M.
  14. Simjanovska, V.
  15. Tasser, C.

Editorial: Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.

ISBN: 978-9949-9873-9-9

Año de publicación: 2019

Tipo: Libro

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Resumen

There is currently an acknowledged need for Europe to build more cohesive and inclusive societies where citizens are seen as active participants of the society rather than objects, and this need becomes increasingly acute in today’s diversifying world. Higher Education Institutions (HEI) play a key role in the education of young people to understand the underlying value systems of society and cultures, creating the abilities required to foster social integration. In addition, the role of HEIs in solving global challenges such as climate change is vital. HEIs need novel ways to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance intercultural understanding and a sense of belonging to a community. Ways to engage with various type of stakeholders and challenge owners, as well as ways to enable engagement with students, are also required. This Roadmap for both managers and teachers in HEis combines tools, insights and knowledge regarding ways to tackle societal challenges with stakeholders and students.Societal impact and engagement as driving forces for cohesive and inclusive societies and common European values have gained more and more emphasis in today’s world. This roadmap towards societal engagement for HEIs provides insight and information on the underlying values in societies and cultures, on current methods of societal impact and engagement, and clarification on these often-blurred concepts. To facilitate success in societal engagement activities at various levels of HEIs, the roadmap, through its insights for teachers and mangers, introduces novel ways to increase intercultural understanding and social inclusion, with practical examples and tools both for learning and managerial activities. Thus, this roadmap is a comprehensive educational model grounded in experiential and challenge-based learning with a focus on art-based methods building on research to increase higher education institutions’ societal engagement (HEISE).This Roadmap is an Outcome of EU Erasmus Higher Education Institutions for Societal Engagement (HEISE), a 36-month project with six partners from three counties: Aalto University (Finland), the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Estonia, main coordinator), the Estonian Business School (Estonia), Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland), and Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Spain). The partners broadly represent the field of HEIs, from art to business and social sciences to economics. The profiles of the partners cover the expertise required to carry out the project by combining knowledge of social and societal challenges, higher education pedagogy, and innovative learning methodologies including arts-based methods, as well as the evaluation of impacts.