12 - Poland - Teaching Methods

There are no general national regulations or guidelines concerning the teaching methods to be used in college, degree or doctoral programmes. Teaching is organised in the form of lectures, classes, workshops or seminars and/or practical training/placements, depending on the content of the curriculum for a given field or type of a programme. Teachers are free to decide on teaching methods and teaching materials. They use a wide variety of teaching methods and materials, ranging from traditional ones to those based on ICT.

The only aspect regulated in the legislation at national level is the size of student groups attending classes (except lectures) in colleges. The maximum size of a group is 20 students in teacher training colleges, 15 students in foreign language teacher training colleges, and 20 students in colleges of social work.

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