European Education Policies and the Uniformization of Higher Education in Europe: Some ‘Lessons’ from the Bologna Process for Education and Teacher Education in Africa

Abstract

European Educational Policies have been studied not only from an economic and political approach but also from an educational and cultural one. On this basis, and according to the contemporary political, cultural, economic and social changes and reclassifications, modern higher education and teacher education – not only in Europe but in Africa and elsewhere – suggest new aims and targets. These aims are to find new ways of knowledge communication and production. Educational policies in Europe – like the Bologna Declaration and the Uniformization of Higher Education provide some ‘lessons’ for Higher Education and Teacher Education in Africa.

Citation

Karras, K.G. (2014), "European Education Policies and the Uniformization of Higher Education in Europe: Some ‘Lessons’ from the Bologna Process for Education and Teacher Education in Africa", The Development of Higher Education in Africa: Prospects and Challenges (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 375-399. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3679(2013)0000021016