bologna process
TUESDAY EDUC 510 ASSIGNMENT # Summary of Presentation 1
“The Bologna Process”
Dana Abdrasheva, Meruyert Abdreiimova
08/10/2014
Our presentation is in the form of interview with a TV hostess interviewing a foreign expert about the Bologna Process. The discussion starts with historical background of Bologna Process. It is common that some researchers define internationalization as a “mini-globalization” in Higher Education. Universities are just like countries challenged to cooperate with their foreign counterparts. But to explain from where all this began, we dive in profound history of Bologna Process. The Bologna Process began through the Bologna Declaration, with the inceptives of 29-30 countries willing to contribute to foster the competitiveness of the European Higher Education Area, and stress out the autonomy of HE institutions. Signing the Bologna Declaration was a voluntary harmonization process, in other words it is completely voluntary and it is up to the ministries of education to follow this process. No one will force the country unless its government wants to join the Process. (Benelux Bologna Secretariat, 2009) The Bologna Process targeted to implement following aims: 1.Academic autonomy 2.Employability 3.Student-centred learning 4.Education research and innovation 5.Mobility 6.Data collection 7. Multidimensional transparency tools and 8.Funding (Benelux Bologna Secretariat, 2009) However there are some disadvantages and benefits of implementing these aims. For instance, “mobility” was as a threat to Australia and Japan to become less competitive among European Educational System, and lose income foreign students (Westerheijden, p.79). “Autonomy” was also a reluctant process in some countries, having a fear of university presidents to overreach the power of autonomy and it will lead to some side-effects of autonomous. In this case in France students made riot against autonomy of universities (Floud, 2006, p.13). Speaking more specifically
“The Bologna Process”
Dana Abdrasheva, Meruyert Abdreiimova
08/10/2014
Our presentation is in the form of interview with a TV hostess interviewing a foreign expert about the Bologna Process. The discussion starts with historical background of Bologna Process. It is common that some researchers define internationalization as a “mini-globalization” in Higher Education. Universities are just like countries challenged to cooperate with their foreign counterparts. But to explain from where all this began, we dive in profound history of Bologna Process. The Bologna Process began through the Bologna Declaration, with the inceptives of 29-30 countries willing to contribute to foster the competitiveness of the European Higher Education Area, and stress out the autonomy of HE institutions. Signing the Bologna Declaration was a voluntary harmonization process, in other words it is completely voluntary and it is up to the ministries of education to follow this process. No one will force the country unless its government wants to join the Process. (Benelux Bologna Secretariat, 2009) The Bologna Process targeted to implement following aims: 1.Academic autonomy 2.Employability 3.Student-centred learning 4.Education research and innovation 5.Mobility 6.Data collection 7. Multidimensional transparency tools and 8.Funding (Benelux Bologna Secretariat, 2009) However there are some disadvantages and benefits of implementing these aims. For instance, “mobility” was as a threat to Australia and Japan to become less competitive among European Educational System, and lose income foreign students (Westerheijden, p.79). “Autonomy” was also a reluctant process in some countries, having a fear of university presidents to overreach the power of autonomy and it will lead to some side-effects of autonomous. In this case in France students made riot against autonomy of universities (Floud, 2006, p.13). Speaking more specifically