The Sudoku Effect: Universities in the Vicious Circle of Bureaucracy

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kühl, Stefan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Θέματα: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Sociology of Education.

This book shows that the introduction of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) of credit points as a new accounting unit at universities has led to increased bureaucracy and the schoolmaster-style regimentation of Bachelor’s and Master’s courses. It explains how, due to the pressure of having t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Higher Education Reform and the Resultant increased Complexity – An introduction
• 2. Small Points, Great Effects – On the Introduction of a New Artificial Currency
• 3. The Sudoku Effect – On Degree Arithmetic
• 4. Unwilling Recipients of Spoon-feeding – The Unwanted Side Effects of University Reform
• 5. Escape into Control Deviation
• 6. The Bureaucratic Vicious Circle – The Intensification of the Sudoku Effect through Permanent Reforms
• 7. The Fruitless Search for the ‘Guilty’ – The Reasons why Nobody has to feel Responsible for the Effects of the Bologna Reform
• 8. What to do? Dealing with the Side Effects of the Bologna Reform.