Education in Engineering – (Ph.D.)

Basic goals of the programme

· Hand on the improved knowledge of technique in the education and introduce wideness, role, meaning and interdisciplinary of the representative field to the students;

· give them the necessary organizational and professional knowledge about development and research on the field of technique and pedagogic education as well;

· qualify students for using the methods and working technology, following the profession developing trends with performing modern methods and working technology on the technical field;

· qualify students for independent planning of education process and professional developing of specific subject field;

· perform the newest didactic and pedagogic access and teaching methods and make students familiar with modern trends from the learning technology;

· deepen the theoretical knowledge about subject didactics and make methodological knowledge for solving the exacting technical, technological, organizational and developing tasks and projects wider;

· qualify students for independent international competition research in the education of technique.

Common competences achieved through the programme

· Ability of thinking systematically;

· ability to get critical and self-critical judgement;

· ability and readiness for team work in domestic and international environment;

· ability to use the theory in problem solving;

· improved knowledge of experimental and other methods for proving the scientific theories;

· ability to search different sources of knowledge in professional problem solving;

· ethical reflection and professional ethic standard commitment in technique and education;

· initiative and independence in decision-making and leading the professional and scientific projects.

Subject specific competences achieved through the programme

· Profound knowledge about educational system on the technical field in different time-frames and educational systems;

· knowledge about the individual and team research work in the education of technique;

· ability to present the results of scientific research on the scientific or professional conferences and journals as well;

· using of information - communication technology in the education of technique;

· ability to classify the scientific research methods into the concepts and models of educational process at technical subjects in all level of education;

· improved knowledge of project work at lectures planning;

· managing qualitative research in the education of technique;

· managing statistical methods in the education of technique;

· managing methodology of planning, supervision and evaluating results and achievements at research work.