scholarly journals Professional Pedagogical Mobility of Educators in the European Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Iyevlyev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
International Dimension ◽  
European Context ◽  
Professional Mobility ◽  
Teacher Students ◽  
The Bologna Process

Abstract The article deals with the features of promoting and organizing professional pedagogical mobility of educators in the European context. Therefore, theoretical framework of the current research includes relevant documents of the Bologna Process (the Sorbonne Declaration, the Bologna Declaration (1999), the Prague Communiqué (2001), The Berlin Communiqué (2003), The Bergen Communiqué etc.). It was specified that one of the main objectives of the Bologna process was to promote mobility of educators since it is an indispensable condition for the existence and development of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It was indicated that professional mobility of educators occupied a prominent place in the Bologna process, determined attractiveness and competitiveness of the EHEA worldwide and improved the quality of higher education and research. It was clarified that the following important aspects of the international dimension of teacher training and professional mobility of educators providing such training should be considered in order to improve the international mobility of teacher students: teachers of the native language for foreigners should have experience of study in the country of the language taught; it is important to encourage HEIs to recognize school work internships related to the teaching subject that were completed abroad in the framework of the study exchange programme; development of international faculties in HEIs should be encouraged. It was found that the following ways could enhance the international dimension of teacher training and support professional mobility of educators providing such training: an acknowledgement of the importance of this particular student group as well as a commitment to improving the framework conditions, such as national regulation which may hinder the mobility of teacher training students. It was concluded that professional pedagogical mobility in the European context was targeted at culminating the personality of teacher students - future educators. Based on the obtained findings, some relevant recommendations were outlined to enhance the quality of professional pedagogical mobility of future educators in Ukraine.

scholarly journals Scrutinising the Process of Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area in a Spanish University Degree Using Power Analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Boni ◽  
Jordi Peris ◽  
Estela López ◽  
Andrés Hueso
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
European Higher Education Area ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
Deliberative Processes ◽  
University Degree ◽  
Development Engineering ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
Academic Year

In this article the authors explore power imbalances in a decision-making process to define the contents of a new Spanish degree adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), specifically the industrial design and product development engineering degree which started in the academic year 2009/10 at the Higher Technical School of Design Engineering (ETSID) at the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). They start the article with a description of the tool they used to analyse the power issues: the power cube, developed by John Gaventa. Then, they briefly explain the process of adaptation of the Bologna Process at the UPV in general and at the ETSID in particular. They introduce the methodology used in their research by referring to the type of questions asked and the criteria used to select their informants. Subsequently, they discuss the answers, paying special attention to three aspects: the quality of participation and the quality of the process; the types of power; and the concept of education. Lastly, they propose a series of recommendations intended to improve the quality of participation in deliberative processes at university.

scholarly journals Reform of higher education in Poland. Context of the bologna process

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Y. A. Lisnevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Process Characteristics ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
University Programs ◽  
The Bologna Process

The article presents the main directions of the transformation of the Polish higher education system to meet the growing needs of the national economy and the labor market. It is emphasized that the state reforms of higher education aimed at improving the quality of education and its orientation to the growing new society were carried out in line with the Bologna process. Characteristics of the most important principles for the creation of a single pan-European educational and scientific space are given. The process of creating state higher professional educational institutions, which have become an addition to universities and polytechnic institutions, has been considered, due to which the population’s access to free higher education has increased. The specific differences between the educational programs of Polish higher vocational schools and unified university programs are assessed. It is shown that, in accordance with the principles of building a unified European educational and scientific space in the country, unified university programs are divided into two- and then three-level cycles. Particular attention is paid to the functioning of the management systems of the process of improving the quality of higher education, presents an analysis of internal and external systems, as well as criteria for parametric evaluation of the quality of the learning process. The leading role of teaching staff in the formation of a quality culture of training is substantiated. The maxims of the teacher of the higher school are given. It is shown that the parametric assessment of the quality of teachers’ work contains both formal legal and thematic elements. Teachers of Polish universities are subject to parametric evaluation at least once every four years, the criteria and procedure for evaluation are defined in the charter of the training organization. Regardless of the official certification, each university teacher exercises self-evaluation with the help of a multi-criteria scale. It should be emphasized that the work of the university teacher on improving the quality of higher education is largely individual, and at the same time regulated by law, both national and EU. Legislation defines the rights, tasks and responsibilities of teachers and quality standards are defined in this area.

scholarly journals THE QUALITY OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES: MANAGEMENT ASPECT

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
University Management ◽  
Massification Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bologna Process

In recent years attention to quality of studies is not decreasing. Lots of different level and type articles have been written, books and other literature have been published. On the other hand, over the last few years different national, regional and international science conferences and symposiums took place. So, it is obvious, that the concern in the university study quality is really huge. However, the essence of the matter lies somewhere deeper. The main goals, formulated in Bologna declaration, had to be implemented by 2010. However, now it becomes clear, that some of the vitally important things were not realised and there are more and more doubts if they will, on the whole, be carried through. The Bologna process itself is not sought to be analysed. What interests us firstly, is the quality of studies’ management question. Various researches reveal that the university study quality in some countries has significantly decreased even measuring according to the most minimal criteria. First of all, this is because most universities are oriented into providing service. It is known, that service University is not capable to ensure the proper quality of the studies and of provided education at the same time. Mass universities meant for mass usage. University education is more and more “Mc.Donaldized” (Lamanauskas, 2011a). Thus, the problem of the quality of studies remains the key problem in nowadays university work. It is understandable, that different countries have different experience in this field both in horizontal and vertical sense. The quality of studies conception despite all efforts remains diverse and has multiple meanings. Paraphrasing a familiar soviet times’ statement (“from everyone – according to possibilities, for everyone – according to demands”), one can state, that higher education can’t be provided according to demands, and it can’t be required from graduates according to their abilities and possibilities. Massification of higher education in a direct way negatively affects the quality of studies (process), as well as higher education quality (result). This is the essential risk in university management. Key words: education policy, quality of studies, management, university education system.

scholarly journals LOS MAIN GOALS AND PRINCIPLES OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IN EHEA COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Nina Novikova ◽  
Konstantin Polyakov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
European Higher Education Area ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Internationalization Of Education ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
Policy Forum

The authorsp rovide information on educational systems of the EU countries in the context of harmonization of educational systems of European Higher Education Area countries. The article discloses the main directions of education integration aimed at achieving general strategic goals set in Paris Communiqué and Statement of the Fifth Bologna Policy Forum, signed in Paris in 2018 during the Ministerial Conference and the Bologna Policy Forum. The problems of the internationalization of education, the basic principles of the integration of higher education and study programmes aimed at ensuring quality of training in European higher education area is considered. Particular attention is paid to existing approaches to guarantee the quality of higher education and the formation of quality assessment systems at the international, national and regional levels to create the conditions for sound quality management of education. The features of changes in foreign and Russian education related to the Bologna process and to the development of European integration in higher education are shown.

scholarly journals WEB-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR SURVEYS OF THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (ROUNDUP)

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Kristina Kilova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Bologna Process

Strategic aim of the European Union is to build a competitive and dynamic economy based on knowledge and ensuring sustainable economic growth. In the context of the Lisbon agenda and the Bologna process, the main resource for achieving this goal is undoubtedly the quality of education. This makes the issue of the quality of higher education extremely relevant. In universities have been set up systems to manage the quality of higher education. As main criterion for assessing their work serve surveys giving feedback on the entire process performed. More intensive use of the Internet enables the creation and use of web-based information systems for surveys of the quality of higher education.

scholarly journals Columbus’ Egg? Qualifications Frameworks, Sectoral Profiles and Degree Programme Profiles in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wagenaar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Programme Design ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Bologna Process

During the last 25 years international mobility has become paramount in higher education. International and national authorities and higher education institutions have set-up effective structures to facilitate and implement this process. It has become part of a higher education modernization process which obtained a serious push with the start and development of the Bologna Process in Europe as of 1999. However the same authorities have been far less active in finding answers on how to facilitate this process in terms of curriculum development, quality assurance and recognition. The initiative was largely left to individuals supported by their employing organizations. These have proven to be visionaries. Their efforts have led to competence and learning outcomes based descriptors for meta-qualifications frameworks and to important reference points / meta profiles for subject areas. Academics have been strongly involved in developing the latter and by doing so have offered a more sustainable basis for implementing reforms based on the student-centred approach, which is so relevant for today’s world in terms of employability and citizenship. The most recent development has been the development of Tuning sectoral qualifications frameworks which allow for bridging the two European meta-frameworks, the EQF for Lifelong Learning and the QF for the European Higher Education Area, with sectoral and degree profiles. This can be seen as a breakthrough initiative because it offers us a transparent model which is developed and owned by academics and can easily be used by all involved in programme design and development, quality enhancement and assurance and recognition of (periods of) studies.

scholarly journals Standards and Performance Indicators in Higher Education in Romania

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4Bis) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana SARBU
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
High Quality ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
The Bologna Process

The issue of quality in higher education has been given attention in the academic and legislative environment starting with the Bologna Process. Up to that moment, everyone considered it their duty as a professor to keep up a certain academic standard, which was in fact synonymous with a high quality of the message sent to the students in a manner assumed to be impeccable. It was normal then, as it is now, to present the latest developments in a given domain at the lecture, what you considered to be the most interesting aspects, and to assess whether you have reached your goal by the audience's reactions. It was normal to openly hold a lecture, to ask and be asked questions. However, society has evolved and certainties are needed nowadays instead of assumptions, as far as quality is concerned. The Bologna process has changed higher education not only in terms of structure, but also in terms of the place that quality assurance holds in the activity of a university. Together with the Bologna Process, the Lisbon Strategy has led to the development and consolidation of universities, with a view to instating a quality culture, to providing confidence in educational services, as well as transparency and a continuous enhancement of quality.

scholarly journals The development of the well-being of students of the risk group as an indicator of improving the quality of higher education in the context of the Bologna process

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01042
Author(s):  
Svetlana Khusainova ◽  
Ekaterina Palekha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Indicator ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Bologna Process

The relevance of the article is due to the need to develop the well-being of students included in a special risk group because of their deviancy: that affects the level of the quality indicator of higher education. This problem is presented in the aspect of development of lifelong learning in the context of the Bologna process. The purpose of the article is to identify the well-being of students of the risk group as an indicator of improving the quality of higher education correlated with personality-oriented learning and the idea of increase of their mobility and competitiveness in the labor market. The authors reveal that students of the risk group with a low level of well-being and a low level of self-acceptance face difficulties in setting an adequate goal in life, as well as in establishing the necessary contacts that contribute to the creation of autonomy that determines the satisfaction of the proposed conditions of their development. The authors show the essence of the quality indicator of higher education, which consists in resilience, involvement in one's own activities and risk taking, which is realized through the active assimilation of knowledge from experience and its usage. It is proposed to consider the development of students' well-being as an additional indicator of the quality of higher education. It has been proven that the high value of the diversity of education systems is recognized as one of the missions of higher education to develop the well-being of students of the risk group. The article could be interesting for educational psychologists, graduate students and researchers of risk groups in the education system.

scholarly journals Modernization of Ukrainian higher education in the context of Bologna process

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Vitalii Lukashchuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Modular System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Internal Mobility ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
The Bologna Process

The article analyzes the problems of modernization of higher education in the context of the Bologna Process.It is noted that during the transition to credit-modular system Ukrainian universities face several challenges: significant difference in the curricula for bachelors and masters; remaining of “Specialist” qualification; organization of individual work of students; not solved issue of providing “internal” mobility of students and teachers; low level of financing and others. It is emphasized that further modernization process within the Bologna process involves expansion in Ukrainian higher educational institutions of practice of concluding of parity partnership bilateral agreements on compatibility educational plans and courses in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian standards and high European quality of disciplines and directions of study.

scholarly journals MAPEAMENTO DOS ESTUDOS SOBRE A FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES NO ÂMBITO DO PROCESSO DE BOLONHA EM PORTUGAL

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Elaine Jesus Alves ◽  
Bento Duarte da Silva ◽  
Raiane Da Silveira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Enseñanza Superior ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Revisión Sistemática ◽  
Acceso Abierto ◽  
The Bologna Process

Considerando as mudanças ocorridas na educação superior europeia com a implementação do Processo de Bolonha (PB) cujas ações impactam diretamente na ação docente e na formação do professor, este artigo tem o objetivo de mapear as pesquisas realizadas em Portugal sobre a formação de professores no contexto do PB com vista a compreender as implicâncias que uma reforma no ensino superior desta amplitude pode impactar nos trabalho docente dos professores. A metodologia utilizada foi revisão sistemática utilizando pesquisa nos Repositórios Científicos de Acesso aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) que agrega metadados das principais instituições universitárias e de pesquisa daquele país. Os resultados demonstram que os estudos sobre os impactos do PB sobre a formação docente ainda são incipientes  e que, dada a dimensão das mudanças em diversos aspectos que envolvem a profissão docente, existe a necessidade de mais pesquisas e estudos que visem investigar e propor melhorias para os problemas levantados.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Formação de professores; Processo de Bolonha; Ensino Superior.     ABSTRACT Considering the changes that have occurred in European higher education with the implementation of the Bologna Process (PB) whose actions have a direct impact on teacher action and teacher training, this article aims to map the research carried out in Portugal on teacher education in the context of PB with a view to understanding the implications that a reform in higher education of this magnitude can impact the teaching work of teachers. The methodology used was a systematic review using a research in the Scientific Repositories of Open Access of Portugal (RCAAP) that aggregates metadata from the main university and research institutions of that country. The results show that the studies on the impacts of PB on teacher education are still incipient and that given the scale of the changes in several aspects that involve the teaching profession, there is a need for more research and studies aimed at investigating and proposing improvements for teachers problems raised.   KEYWORDS: Teacher training; Process of Bologna; Higher education.     RESUMEN Considerando que los cambios ocurridos en la educación superior europea con la implementación del Proceso de Bolonia (PB) cuyas acciones impactan directamente en la acción docente y en la formación del profesor, este artículo tiene el objetivo de mapear las investigaciones realizadas en Portugal sobre la formación de profesores en el contexto del PB con miras a comprender las implicaciones que una reforma en la enseñanza superior de esta amplitud puede impactar en el trabajo docente de los profesores. La metodología utilizada fue revisión sistemática utilizando investigación en los Repositorios Científicos de Acceso abierto de Portugal (RCAAP) que agrega metadatos de las principales instituciones universitarias y de investigación de aquel país. Los resultados demuestran que los estudios sobre los impactos del PB sobre la formación docente todavía son incipientes y que dada la dimensión de los cambios en diversos aspectos que envuelven la profesión docente, existe la necesidad de más investigaciones y estudios que busquen investigar y proponer mejoras para los jóvenes problemas planteados.   PALABRAS CLAVE: Formación de profesores; Proceso de Bolonia; Enseñanza superior.

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