The Initial Partial Experiences of the Ludoviceum Pilot Project, from Emergency to Emergency

Abstract

The teaching of the Common Study Module began at the University of Public Service faculties in the academic year of 2013/2014. The University Common Module subjects were introduced in 2013 in the undergraduate courses of the political sciences. These have been replaced by the subjects of the Ludoviceum from the academic year 2020/21 onwards. The Ludoviceum subject group consists of three elements. The ‘General literacy, culture, and common values’ subject group consists of ‘Anthologia Philosophico-Politica – Chapters from the History of Political Thoughts’; the ‘Anthologia Historica – Sections from the modern universal and Hungarian history’; and ‘Anthologia Hungarica – Excerpts from the concepts of culture, identity and nation’. Building on the excerpt collections, the subjects aim to develop an analyst–discussive seminar culture, strengthen students’ literacy foundations, communication skills, and encourage creative thinking. It is essential to make the experience of group cohesion in learning and thinking together through debating–reasoning interactions. The pilot project work that started in February with the invitation of 25 lecturers was interrupted in mid-March due to the coronavirus epidemic, and the evaluation of the experience with the new concept could therefore not be complete. However, the almost entire autumn semester of the pilot program in September has already provided useful experience.