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We are happy to announce the publication of our two latest INOTLES Working Papers on Ukrainian experience with innovating teaching and learning of European Studies. Please help us disseminate them through your professional networks and  universities.

Mykhailiuk, Galyna. 2016. 'Higher Education Reform in Ukraine and its Impact on Teaching and Learning of European Studies,' INOTLES Working Papers, No.3/2016

Abstract

This working paper analyses the quality management in higher education of Ukraine and the impact of new edition of the Law of Ukraine (2014) “On Higher Education” on Teaching and Learning of European Studies. For further enhancement of the integration of Ukraine into the global system of education, it is critical, from author’s point of view, to ensure support to the development of innovative education through targeted programs and introduction of the new technologies.

Specific attention is paid to the changes in the quality of higher education and particularly study of EU Law courses after the introduction of student-centered, active and constructive learning as a collaborative process in the form of Problem-Based Learning, Simulations and Blended Learning activities implementation into the study curricular. The author's vision and the proposals for the existing educational system improvement, based on the recommendations and best practices of the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK are going to be performed.

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Demyanchuk, Oleksandr. 2016. 'European Studies as an applied discipline for the Eastern Partnership,' INOTLES Working Papers, No.2/2016

Abstract

European Studies as interdisciplinary field of study and research is present in the majority of universities in the world. The content and scope of it, however, varies in form and scope and covers a broad spectrum, ranging from the traditional area studies characteristic mainly to the American and Asian universities to a deep and thorough study of the European Union institutions, policies, law, and politics in the European ones.

Since the beginning of the 2000s European Studies has evolved and developed to varying degrees in the Eastern Partnership countries, which have European integration ambitions. This article discusses the existing and desirable content of a European Studies curriculum, which aims to facilitate public administration systems to become more compatible with EU standards and expectations. Based on the experience and lessons learnt at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the paper provides concrete examples of public servants trainings and researchers education/training for these purposes. 

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