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1 online resource (101 pages) |
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SpringerBriefs in Education |
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SpringerBriefs in education.
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A do-it-yourself Sudoku for Bachelor's Programmes; Preface; Contents; 1 Higher Education Reform and the Resultant Increased Complexity: An Introduction; 1.1 ... The Promises of the Bologna Reform; 1.2 ... The Surprising Consequences of the Bologna Reform; 1.3 ... The Causes of the Complexity Increase; 1.4 ... The Bureaucratisation of Complex Relationship Options; 1.5 ... Beyond the Search for the Usual Suspects; 1.6 ... The Theory of Unwanted Side-Effects; 2 Small Points, Great Effects: On the Introduction of a New Artificial Currency; 2.1 ... ECTS Points: The Central Element to Understanding University Reform |
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2.1.1 What Can Artificial Currencies be Exchanged For? A Trade-Off for the Degree Certificate2.1.2 How is the Artificial Currency Acquired? The Renaissance of the Labour Theory of Value at Universities; 2.1.3 In Which Units are Achievements Acquired and Exchanged? On the Meaning of the Modules; 2.2 ... On the Management of an Artificial Currency: The Role of Accreditation, Quality Assurance and Evaluation; 2.2.1 The Monetary Watchdogs: The Role of Ministries, Accreditation Agencies and Universities |
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2.2.2 The Currency Police: Quality Management for the Prevention of Currency Inflation and Deflation2.2.3 IT Systems for the Saving, Accumulation and Exchange of Achievement Points; 2.2.4 What can be Done with an Artificial Currency? 'Load' it with Additional Features; 3 The Sudoku Effect: On Degree Arithmetic; 3.1 ... On Sudoku, Samurai Sudokus and Monster Sudokus; 3.1.1 On Specifications, Conceptions and Solutions for a Degree Programme Sudoku Puzzle; 3.1.2 The Combination of Several Degree Programmes into a Samurai Sudoku |
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3.1.3 Effects of Combining Degree Programmes at Several Universities in Monster Sudokus3.2 ... The Evolution of the Sudoku Effect: On the Unusual Effects of the Artificial Currency ECTS; 3.2.1 The Effects of Container Creation; 3.2.2 The Effects of Increased Interdependence; 3.2.3 The Effects of the Precision Landing Model; 3.3 ... The Sudoku Stance: The Main Thing is that it Adds up Somehow; 4 Unwilling Recipients of Spoon-Feeding -- The Unwanted Side Effects of University Reform; 4.1 ... Head-on Teaching, Exam Inflation and Reduced Choices: On the Dynamic of Spoon-Fed Teaching |
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4.1.1 The Renaissance of Head-on Teaching at Universities4.1.2 On the Emergence of Examination Inflation in Bologna Degree Programmes; 4.1.3 The Surprising Restrictions on Choices; 4.2 ... The Impact of an Unintentional Side-Effect; 4.2.1 On the Concept of Unwanted Side-Effects; 4.2.2 Simultaneously Endorsing ECTS Points and Rejecting Spoon-Fed Teaching; 4.3 ... The Futile Attempt at Controlling Unwanted Side-Effects; 5 Escape into Control Deviation; 5.1 ... Informal Rescue Strategies; 5.1.1 The Trend of Non-attendance; 5.1.2 The Wild Allocation of Credit Points |
| Summary |
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 to plan every single working hour of studying in advance, a 'Sudoku Effect' is created by the necessity to combine courses, exams and modules in such a way that the points 'add up'. An unintentional side effect of the introduction of the ECTS, the Sudoku Effect has led to more classroom style teachin |
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5.1.3 Assessment Beyond The Stipulated Methods of Examination |
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Print version record |
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European Credit Transfer System.
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European Credit Transfer System fast |
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Education, Higher.
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Education.
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Education -- Curricula.
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Educational sociology.
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Education, Higher -- Europe.
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Higher education and state.
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higher education.
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curricula.
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Education
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Education -- Curricula
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Education, Higher
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Educational sociology
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Higher education and state
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Europe
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319040875 |
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3319040871 |
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