Capacity program of teachers in professional pedagogy for student-centred teaching and learning and strengthening links between polytechnic higher education and companies: Working group report

This document reports the objectives, contents, activities, methods, and recommendations related to Task 3.4 of the InovEAP project, entitled "Capacity Program for Teachers in Professional Pedagogy for Student-Centred Teaching and Learning and Strengthening Links Between Polytechnic Higher Education and Project Companies". As later detailed, the presented activities occurred between March 2022 and September 2023. The report briefly contextualises this project task and its objectives, reflecting on the training needs of Polytechnic University of Beja (IPBeja) teachers concerning skills in the scope of active and innovative methodologies. JAMK, the University of Applied Sciences, in Jyväskylä, Finland, was the reference institution that provided the IPBeja teachers participating in this project task with training in the areas above. This report gives an account of the teachers' journey regarding contents and methods studied and applied in the capacity program of the project, along with three workshops on IPBeja premises and the observed practices at the JAMK. The report also emphasises the significant impact of the concrete recommendations for IPBeja as a higher education institution and the potential to improve relationships with local, national, and international stakeholders. Finally, the report includes a program for disseminating these practices and proposals in IPBeja as an additional step to involve all IPBeja communities in these dynamics. As the first edition was already conducted, a brief report is also presented