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Transformation of the Academic Culture of European University in the Context of the Risk Society
Transformation of the Academic Culture of European University in the Context of the Risk Society

Author(s): Alina Sbruieva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego
Keywords: positive and negative aspects of the transformation; academic culture; education; research; social; reformation processes

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the analysis of processes of transformation of the European University academic culture in the context of the risk society. The nature of such concepts as risk society and academic culture is determined. Based on the theoretical analysis of a wide range of sources in the field of educational policy, sociology of education,educational law, comparative pedagogics, factors and forms of culture changing and culture destructive impacts of the Bologna reforms on European University academic culture are defined. Effects of wartime conditions on the transformation of the values of the Ukrainian university academic community are characterized. The conclusions concerning the positive and negative aspects of the transformation of various aspects of academic culture (education, research, social) in the context of massive reformation processes are made.

  • Issue Year: 24/2014
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 215-228
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English