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The role of academic developers in transforming Bologna regulations to a national and institutional context

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Summary, in English

Academic developers (ADs) often participate in the implementation of programs or reforms within higher education. Sometimes they agree with these and sometimes they disagree. This paper discusses possible agentic positions during an authentic policy implementation, i.e. the National Qualification Framework within a Norwegian university.



Through reflexive interpretation, and by applying concepts from ’discursive institutionalism’ the process of implementation from the national level to the University departments, is described and analyzed. The actions and arguments of the ADs involved in the process are presented and their educational rationale is described. The ADs’ agency is discussed through educational and political science concepts and in light of power and of a tension between two competing world views: professional accountability and professional responsibility. Finally, we reflect upon the advantages with a collaborative and international investigation of AD’s professional s practices.

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Publishing year

2014-01-28

Language

English

Pages

12-25

Publication/Series

International Journal for Academic Development

Volume

19

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Educational Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1470-1324