Coaching and Cooperation with Working Life Enriches the Teacher’s Work

One of the primary tasks of universities is to educate future professionals and this goal is not only achieved through traditional pedagogical methods. The World Economic Forum identifies future core working life skills like analytical and creative thinking, self-efficacy, resilience, flexibility, agility, self-awareness, and the ability to utilize technology. (The World Economic Forum 2023). These […]

HEIComp at UNAE: A different methodology of teaching and learning to get out of the comfort zone

The HEIComp project is inspired by the Working Life Connected (WLC) methodology, which encourages student participation in the development of solutions to real challenges in real organizations during their studies. This methodology affirms the role of students as protagonists in the process and modifies the role of teachers by turning them into “mentors”. This methodology […]

Learning by developing: experiences of UNAE coaches and students 

This text is about the experience in the HEIComp project from the perspective of teachers and students of the Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación (Paraguay), examining positive aspects, challenges and progress in the collaboration with the partners involved, which are “Lovera Farmer”, “Ka’a Yara” and “Hospital Oncológico de día Lazos del Sur”.  First of all, it […]