Global references, local translation: Adaptation of the Bologna Process degree structure and credit system at universities in Cameroon

Autor: Elizabeth Agbor Eta, Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 14(4):492-512
ISSN: 1476-7724
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2015.1077102
Popis: This article uses temporal comparison and thematic analytical approaches to analyse text documents and interviews, examining the adaptation of the Bologna Process degree structure and credit system in two sub-systems of education in Cameroon: the Anglo-Saxon and the French systems. The central aim is to verify whether such adaptation has replaced, re-enforced or modified existing practices. Secondly, the article analyses the factors that have influenced this adaptation. The results highlight the idea that education systems may demonstrate a level of awareness about global practices, but these practices are interpreted in their local contexts; thus, policy-makers ‘think globally but act locally’.
Databáze: OpenAIRE