Globalisation, education policy and the Bologna Process: Interlocking and dependency discourses

• Main Author: KOLOKITHA, MAGDALINI
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Published: Urray 2016
• Subjects: Classical Mechanics principles, Quantum Mechanics basic principles, wave in Quantum Mechanics. Copenhagen interpretation, Everett III interpretation; Lifelong learning, perceptions, students; Cognitive ergonomics, space ergonomics, computer laboratory; Bologna Process, globalisation, policy ensemble, higher education, discourse; Cognitive errors, dysfunctional assumptions, cognitive psychotherapy, transformative learning; Undergraduate specialization, painting, South-South Nigeria, last millennium, survey and Universities; Physical Science teacher, teacher training, pedagogical content knowledge, didactic transposition; Textbooks, evaluation, teacher, student, educational policy; Cultural capital, educational expectations, occupational expectations, primary school, natives, immigrants; Precursor model, socio cognitive approach, primary education, light, shadow; Art education, artistic creation, education, subjective teaching, creation; Didactic transposition, science education, manual analysis, atom

This article traces the interconnection of the Bologna Process (BP) and the globalisation discourses which introduce a generic policy ensemble in European Higher Education (EHE).  The two discourses appear as imbricated within an ideological understanding of the policy discourse. I explore similarities and controversies between the two discourses focusing particularly on knowledge economy driven policies and trends in higher education. Finally, I suggest that the high level of intertextuality between the globalisation and the discourses in their discursive construction permits us to consider them as interlocking and dependency discourses.