University-wide, top-down curriculum reform at a Finnish university: perceptions of the academic staff.

Autor/inn/en	Honkimäki, Sanna; u.a.
Titel	University-wide, top-down curriculum reform at a Finnish university: perceptions of the academic staff.
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 12 (2022) 2, S. 153-170Infoseite zur Zeitschrift Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
Schlagwörter	Lehre; Studium; Hochschule; Student; Ausland; Finnland
Abstract	This study examines academic staff's perceptions of a university-wide, top-down curriculum reform in terms of the management of the reform, the support provided by the university's administration, and the utilisation of the university's guidelines. Differences between faculties are also scrutinised. The study was conducted at a multidisciplinary public research university in Finland using the survey method. The data (n = 394) consisted of academic staff's responses to multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Correlation coefficients, exploratory factor analyses, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were utilised to analyse the quantitative data. Responses to the open-ended questions were analysed using thematic analysis. The academic staff expressed discontent with the management and support provided by the university even though they had proceeded according to the university's guidelines. Significant differences concerning the perceived management and support and reported utilisation of the university's guidelines were found between the personnel of different faculties. The results indicate that a top-down curriculum reform creates conflict between the academics' own ideas regarding curriculum planning and those of the senior management and university administration. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
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Update	2024/3