(1395) INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION EXPERIENCE: TOWARDS AN EFFECTIVE TUTORIZATION OF STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

摘要

Innovation and tutoring docent projects in higher education have been promoted from the University ofGranada. The frame of work and proposals aim to fulfill the requirements and harmonize criteria forthe European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process Implementation.A team of professors of different disciplines from the Faculty of Pharmacy have been formed withspecific docent's tools through different courses. Moreover, the team has been enriched with theparticipation of professors from the Faculty of High Science Education. This interdisciplinary team hasperformed tutoring activities for the students of Pharmacy, Food Science and Technology and HumanDietetic and Nutrition Degrees since 2011. Several Tutoring Plan Action projects have been carriedout with interesting and valuable results.The evaluation of these projects has been very positive by different education parties as accreditedentities in high education, the faculty committee and the students that have participated in the plans.Moreover, the University evaluation has allowed the continuation of these extracurricular activitiesduring 5 years contributing with the funding of basic needs. The activities performed by the involvedprofessors have required an extra timing work that does not have always a measurablecorrespondence with the real effort. Thus, these project experiences deserve a very high value, andthe professors involved acknowledge the constructive input at the professional and personal level.The conclusion is the need to establish these types of activities within the appropriate frame ofrecognition of credits system that will help to improve the quality of transferable knowledge andvaluable tutoring of the students in high education.