<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The first purpose of the university system is to deliver qualitative education through solid didactics/educational, but not many university structures seem really interested in the subject.Sets of laws, measures, rules, and prescriptions of all kinds are in fact relegating it to a corner, making it less and less central and effective while also increasing the difficult to decipher, update and innovate it.As a matter of fact, the issue of modernization of teaching methods has been tackled decisively by the European Commission, which has placed it among the priorities of its agenda. By acting in this way, EU is manifesting the conviction that a better quality for higher education will determine a growth in development and competitiveness not only for the Union itself but also for the individual universities that will define a strategy to improve the level of their teaching and learning and to give equal importance to research and teaching.In its report on the theme of modernization and quality of teaching and learning, the European Commission summarizes its conclusions in 16 recommendations, including:- the need for adequate teaching training for teachers;- the need for the merits of teachers who make a significant contribution to improving teaching and learning methods to be recognized and rewarded.But in order to achieve such quality prospects, it is necessary for university teachers to combine the knowledge of their discipline with specific communicative, cognitive and, more generally, relational skills. All this must become a principle of the university teaching of the future.However, on a practical level, it is not uncommon to meet teachers who are not sufficiently attentive to these dimensions of the teaching-learning dynamic, failing to identify the “language” capable of transferring their theoretical/practical knowledge in the function of real learning of the student.</abstract>

The first purpose of the university system is to deliver qualitative education through solid didactics/educational, but not many university structures seem really interested in the subject.Sets of laws, measures, rules, and prescriptions of all kinds are in fact relegating it to a corner, making it less and less central and effective while also increasing the difficult to decipher, update and innovate it.As a matter of fact, the issue of modernization of teaching methods has been tackled decisively by the European Commission, which has placed it among the priorities of its agenda. By acting in this way, EU is manifesting the conviction that a better quality for higher education will determine a growth in development and competitiveness not only for the Union itself but also for the individual universities that will define a strategy to improve the level of their teaching and learning and to give equal importance to research and teaching.In its report on the theme of modernization and quality of teaching and learning, the European Commission summarizes its conclusions in 16 recommendations, including:- the need for adequate teaching training for teachers;- the need for the merits of teachers who make a significant contribution to improving teaching and learning methods to be recognized and rewarded.But in order to achieve such quality prospects, it is necessary for university teachers to combine the knowledge of their discipline with specific communicative, cognitive and, more generally, relational skills. All this must become a principle of the university teaching of the future.However, on a practical level, it is not uncommon to meet teachers who are not sufficiently attentive to these dimensions of the teaching-learning dynamic, failing to identify the “language” capable of transferring their theoretical/practical knowledge in the function of real learning of the student.

Communication and didactics, the difficult but needful symbiosis in higher education systems

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The first purpose of the university system is to deliver qualitative education through solid didactics/educational, but not many university structures seem...

Communication and didactics, the difficult but needful symbiosis in higher education systems

Published Online: Dec 26, 2019

Page range: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2019-0011

Keywords
communication, didactics, higher education systems

© 2019 Stefano Mustica, published by Sciendo

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Communication and didactics, the difficult but needful symbiosis in higher education systems

Published Online: Dec 26, 2019

Page range: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2019-0011

Keywordscommunication, didactics, higher education systems

© 2019 Stefano Mustica, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
communication, didactics, higher education systems