This will be the starting point of the course and the main aim and objective. Teaching and informing new generations of students on the European Integration process as a major engine to unite people and countries after the disaster of the Second World War. Teaching and informing students on how, in this context, Education and Training, exchanges of students and experiences, co-operation among the European Universities and VET Providers were crucial factors in this process of uniting Europe after the conflict and the creation of “two” different political and ideological areas in the old Continent. The “double” reunification of Europe, first in the Western part, after with the “retrouvailles” with the Eastern part has been an historical masterpiece and the Education and Training sectors in Europe has played a major role. Aims and objectives of this EDUPOL Module must be found in the compulsory need to inform the new generations of students about the long and difficult process beyond this “double” reunification.
In this context, EDUPOL will
- introduce the module „The European Integration Process. The double reunification through the EU Education Policies (1948-2012)” as a transversal course on EU integration for all the disciplines taught at AMU. The module will take a form of a general course on European Integration issues seen through the development of Europe of knowledge and achievements of EU Education Policies.
- analyze the impact of European Education Policies on the process of European Integration and creation of Europe of knowledge;
- develop students’ competence and knowledge of European Integration issues for further professional formation. Involving Secondary Schools students by the means of bi-annual meeting to be held at AMU with the participation of Poznan and Wielkopolska Secondary Theachers and students.
- stimulate teaching, research and reflection in the field of European Integration studies at the level of AMU and other higher education institutions;
- stimulate the general public interest to EU Integration process, by organising open conferences, with the Municipality of Poznan, with the participation of civil servants and citizens in general.
Innovative character
The innovative character of this project is to make students aware of the enormous importance of EU Integration History and of the crucial role played, in this process, by the Education and Training EU Programmes. The starting point will be 1945, when a German student can study in France only after a long administrative procedure lasting almost 6 months. The step further will be to describe the innovation of the new, post war, bilateral agreements among European Universities, (re)discovering the importance of breaking stereotypes and “préjugèes” raised by the conflict. Then to describe the first programmes like PETRA and COMETT carrying out a real European co-operation in the field of Education and Training and creating a symbolic “first” reunification of Western Europe. Clearly confirmed by programmes like ERASMUS Extremely Innovative will be also to describe how the countries of the Communist Block were supported by programmes like TEMPUS to find again the “fil rouge” of the co-operation of Western Europe until the second symbolic reunification when these countries joined ERASMUS years before they joined the European Union. A special attention will be paid also to the JEAN MONNET programme in its evolution from the “Pioneers Chairs” to the Centres of Excellence to the Innovative initiatives taken in collaboration with the Secondary Education School.