Nasz absolwent: światły człowiek, dobry specjalista

Abstract

The article consists of two interwoven threads about the tasks facing technical universities in the context of their didactic activities: humanistic reflection about required personal qualities of the alumni and analysis of the formal requirements connected with the proposed and existing education programmes. Both of these threads begin reflection by two elements of educa-tion: knowledge and skills, and later they concentrate on the attitudes (social competences) of the alumni. University teachers and universities have ethos obligations to form not only knowledge and skills, but also the attitudes of their students. The analysis of European and Polish Qualifications Framework descriptors allows description of the expected alumni qualifications also in the sphere of “social competences”. It is appropriate then, to ask the question whether or how Polish universities understand and form attitudes / social competences. Our alumni should not only be skilled professionals, but also at the same time en-lightened people, who know how to use knowledge and skills for social and personal benefits. They should have a habit of value judgement reflection concerning their personal activities and also their active citizenship and personal development. The next part of the article contains the overview of the methods which allow us to improve such attitudes.