Bologna 2010. The Moment of Truth?

Government policies are central factors shaping the environment of higher education institutions. European governments have included in their higher education political strategies the principal goal of implementing the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The perceptions that key actors of higher education institutions (HEIs) have about political developments are important as they may influence the achievement of government policy. The Bologna Process is at the heart of policy coordination, the instrument selected at European and national levels to establish EHEA. This article seeks to discuss empirically the views of institutional actors about the Bologna Process, taking into consideration the achievement of EHEA. The discussion is based on the analysis of the EHEA implementation in seven HEIs located in four higher education systems — Germany, Italy, Norway and Portugal. This paper draws on the theoretic-methodological approach of the policy cycle to analyse the perceptions of HEIs' constituencies about Bologna.     

Portfolio practices in higher education in Norway in an international perspective: macro‐, meso‐ and micro‐level influences

The point of departure for this article is the ‘chameleon’ aspect of portfolios and the diversity of portfolio models and practices in higher education on the international arena today. Our aim is to investigate the contextual character of this diversity by using Norwegian higher education as an example and to show how macro‐level influences, particularly the Bologna related Quality Reform, have shaped the overall development of portfolio practices. We contextualise and discuss the sudden expansion of learning and assessment portfolios in Norway after 2002. Our data are primarily a nationwide survey of portfolio practices, supplemented by findings in a research evaluation of the reform and previously published case studies. The majority of portfolios in Norwegian higher education can be classified as ‘disciplinary‐based course work portfolios’ and they typically serve a combination of learning and assessment purposes. But within this category we found systematic differences between different educational areas where the main dividing line seems to be between professional and non‐professional education. The underlying research perspective is sociocultural and this directs our attention to contexts, cultures and traditions that shape portfolio development and practices rather than to individual differences (micro level).     

“博洛尼亚进程”一体多元指导原则下的德意高等教育改革

建设一体化的欧洲高等教育区是欧洲高等教育进一步发展的战略选择,然而欧洲高等教育的复杂多元却是不可回避的事实。因此“博洛尼亚进程”在推行过程中以“一体化与多元化并存”为指导原则,通过一体化协调多元化,多元化支撑一体化,指导欧洲高等教育改革的实践,具体表现在学位制度改革和建立高等教育质量保障体系的改革中。德国、意大利的高等教育改革具有典型性,在融入一体化进程中不失本国特色。     

Design of the curriculum for a second-cycle course in civil engineering in the context of the Bologna framework

This paper describes the design of the curriculum for a Master of Engineering programme in civil engineering at University College Dublin. The revised programme was established to meet the requirements of the Bologna process and this paper specifically considers the design of a new, second-cycle master's component of the programme. In addition to considering the content required to meet the learning outcome specified by the professional accreditation body, the paper presents details of attempts to move from a traditional instructor-centred model to a student-centred model of education in order to promote reflective (deep) learning. Although the paper presents a model curriculum for a civil engineering programme, the holistic approach to curriculum design outlined, which considers the organisation, sequence and evaluation strategies adopted, is applicable to all subject areas in higher education.     

搭建亚欧高层次教育战略对话的桥梁——第一届亚欧会议教育部长会议述评

本文介绍了2008年5月4日～6日在德国柏林举行的第一届亚欧会议教育部长会议的背景和要点.文章以亚欧高等教育合作以及高等教育与就业市场为主要议题,分析其现状、挑战、问题、发展趋势和政策应对措施,并就吸收借鉴ASEM教育部长会议的成果提出了几点思考.     

波伦亚进程框架下俄罗斯高等教育系统的改革与面临的挑战

波伦亚进程是欧洲高等教育一体化进程的重要组成部分,俄罗斯于2003年签署了波伦亚宣言。本文在介绍波伦亚进程框架下俄罗斯高等教育系统所采取的一系列改革措施的基础上,分别从教育内容和质量、国家一社会纬度上的资源支持和国家安全三个方面分析了该框架下俄罗斯高等教育所面临的问题与挑战。     

波伦亚进程下的挪威高等教育质量保障体制改革

欧洲波伦亚进程标志着欧洲高等教育一体化朝纵深方向发展,挪威作为该进程的积极参与国之一,近年来对本国高等教育体制进行了大刀阔斧的改革,特别是高等教育质量保障体制方面的改革更是走在了许多欧洲国家前列。本文简要论述了波伦亚进程的发展情况,并结合该进程的具体要求考察近年来挪威高等教育质量保障体制改革的主要措施及其特点,以期对我国高等教育质量保障体系的完善有所借鉴。     

德国高校学制改革综述

20世纪90年代末开始的德国高校学制改革,在传统体制与时代要求的矛盾碰撞中进入博洛尼亚进程的最后阶段。在德国政府文教主管部门和经济及企业界有识之士的支持下,新型的学士、硕士学位体制已在德国实施。然而,这一新生事物要在国际上和德国国内获得完全认可,尚有不少困难须克服。     

The ghosts of higher education reform: on the organisational processes surrounding policy borrowing

The Bologna Process is one of the most extensive examples of policy borrowing processes. Based on qualitative data, this article argues in favour of studying part of this process as ‘global smallness’, centring on the organisational effects of the implementation of a globalised curriculum. Through Derrida's notion on hauntology, Fenwick and Edward's analysis of multiple reals, and Barad's understanding of entanglement and time, this article explores how the implementation processes evoke simultaneously existing worlds of practices propelled by the agency of the past troubling present higher education reform. Finally, this article addresses how ongoing reforms tend to increase the stretch between ‘what is performed on the outside’ and ‘what is practiced on the inside’.     

Assessment revisited: a review of research in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

A review of articles published in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, over the last eight years (2006–2013) on assessment in higher education, since the introduction of the Bologna process, is the subject of the paper. The first part discusses the key issue of assessment in higher education and the method used for selecting articles. The second part presents results according to the main emerging themes arising from data analysis: assessment methods, modes of assessment and assessment related to a given teaching and learning method. The paper concludes that the foci of the studies are aligned with assessment practices other than the written test, in accordance with a learner-oriented perspective. Although the implementation of the Bologna process has had different kinds of impact in different European countries, the review shows that the use and effects of a diversity of assessment methods in higher education have been investigated, particularly those pointing to the so-called alternative methods. Implications of the findings are discussed.