Organisational and training factors affecting academic teacher training outcomes

University teacher training has become an important topic in recent years due to the curricular and methodological reforms introduced by the Bologna process. Despite its acknowledged importance, evaluations have been limited to measures of participants’ satisfaction, and little is known about its impact on teaching practices. This study seeks to analyse the effects of the different delivery methods used during workshops that aim to enhance academic teachers’ pedagogical competence and teaching practices. Moreover, the study analyses to what extent individual characteristic and job requirement also have an effect on training outcomes. The study draws on data collected through a self-reported questionnaire administered to academic teachers two years after they participated in training workshops at a Spanish university (n?=?204). The results show that specific delivery methods have a significant effect on the outcome variables, especially those related to the design of learning activities and assessment tools.     

Systemic adaptation to a changing environment: Towards a next generation of quality assurance models

Quality assessment has been part of thefeedback mechanisms of European highereducation systems since around 1980. Due tointernal dynamics, `erosion' of theeffectiveness of first-generation qualityassessment systems has led to loss ofcredibility (legitimacy) of these systems inthe late 1990s. External dynamics alsonecessitate designing a next generation ofquality assurance systems. They include notablya loss of transparency (hence, legitimacy) ofthe European higher education system throughincreased internationalisation (most notablythrough the Bologna process) which puts new,increased demands on institutional arrangementsfor quality assurance.In this paper, we first intend to schematisethe developments of quality assurance in highereducation by introducing a phase model of theeffects of internal and external dynamics.Next, we will analyse this phase model from theperspective of argumentative policy inquiry.Finally, we will contrast policy developmentsin higher education with one other example,viz. environmental policy in the Netherlands.The conclusions of this comparison, as well asthe new challenges set for quality assurance inhigher education by the Bologna process, arethe subject matter for the final section of ourpaper.     

对"波罗尼亚进程"障碍性因素的批判性分析

Over the past decade higher education reforms in most European countries have been oriented towards creating a European Higher Education Area which is envisaged in the Bologna Declaration. Based on an illustration of a variety of difficulties encountered higher education institutions in a wide range of participating countries, this article indicates a less optimistic view on the achievements to date in the Bologna Process. It argues that the tension of interests between the designers of the Process and its national and institutional practitioners undermines the actual progress towards the supranational objectives. It is suggested that most difficulties in relation to harmonizing national structures of higher education lie in the varying degrees of cultural dependency on traditions and academic autonomy across the engaged European countries.      

DIMINISHED STATES? NATIONAL POWER IN EUROPEAN EDUCATION POLICY

ABSTRACT:  The increasing research on international organisations' education policy lacks analyses of the relation between international organisations and nation states. This paper aims to analyse the power of nation states in international education policy. Focusing on the new degree system in higher education in Europe, partly from Foucault's governmentality perspective, the paper suggests that nation states retain power while operating in international settings. The study's conclusions argue that the nation states' power might be a chance for further participation of affected people.     

博洛尼亚进程中的意大利高等教育体系改革

作为西方大学发源地的意大利从1999年开始按照《博洛尼亚宣言》的要求对其高等教育体系进行深入改革。改革措施包括实施高等教育三级学位体系、改革学分体系、颁发“文凭补充文件”、完善高等教育质量保障与认证系统、改革博士生培养体系、促进人员流动、推动欧洲高等教育维度等。改革使意大利高等教育体系与欧洲高等教育区更易于接轨。     

博洛尼亚进程下欧洲十国非大学高等教育变革趋势

二战后,欧洲多国非大学高等教育获得了发展的良机.在博洛尼亚进程的推动下,欧洲高等教育一体化进程提速进行.在此背景下,非大学高等教育在21世纪的头十年里,通过加强学位制度建设,提高教师的学术科研能力,加大学术课程比重等不断谋求新的发展,进一步提升了自身地位.借鉴欧洲经验,我国应坚定不移地发展高等职业教育,进一步加强其职业教育特色,赋予高职教育机构更高的学位授予权.     

“博洛尼亚进程”研究对广西高校校际交流的启示

"博洛尼亚进程"在欧洲已经进入实施的第二个十年,之前的十年成果丰硕,给我国高等教育改革提供了宝贵的经验。文章通过研究"博洛尼亚进程",科学借鉴"博洛尼亚进程"成功实践的经验,结合广西高校开展校际交流的现状,深入分析校际交流过程中面临的突出问题,并提出相应的应对策略,为构建体系开放、机制灵活、渠道广泛的人才培养模式,促进广西高校校际交流的共同开展提供积极参考。     

博洛尼亚进程的瑞典大学灵活教育发展模式

实施博洛尼亚进程以来,瑞典大学灵活教育发展模式颇具特点。瑞典大学的灵活教育模式涵盖了以攻读学位为目的国际化灵活教育和基于自主学习的灵活教育。在这一过程中瑞典建立了灵活学习中心和大学网络联盟两个灵活学习机构对灵活教育进行管理,以此服务于终身学习体系的构建,而基于灵活教育的终身学习体系的构建离不开个人学习帐户的支持。借鉴瑞典高校经验,为了促进我国灵活教育的发展,我国高校可尝试构建高校人才逆向供应链、实行灵活多变的学分体系、建立高校个人学习账户、推行大学网络联盟模式,同时加强高校教学与科研的国际化语境。     

欧洲博士教育的博洛尼亚进程：一体化与国际化

一体化和国际化是推动欧洲博士教育博洛尼亚进程的两大动力。欧洲博士教育以欧洲高教区和欧洲研究区为连接纽带,通过组织结构、职业规划、协作机制、国际化策略、基金资助以及法律法规等方面的一系列改革推动欧洲博洛尼亚进程向知识社会转型,是迈向高等教育国际化、培养国际化研究人才以及发展创新经济的关键。     

德国工程教育认证制度的建构逻辑与行动路径

德国专业认证制度的建构是全球性质量标准系统扩张、地区性高等教育一体化建设与国内工程教育改革等多方碰撞与耦合的衍化结果,是新公共管理运动背景下政府由干预性管控向支持性调控转型的实践体现。德国专业认证的建构逻辑主要体现在多方协作共治的组织架构、本硕贯通式一体化标准设计以及规范与自由兼顾的程序规制。基于与以美国为代表的盎格鲁-撒克逊模式进行的比较,可以着重从弹性度、差异性、贯通性和衔接性等四个维度分析德国专业认证标准建构中的行动路径,并为未来中国专业认证制度改革进路提供借鉴。