ECTS in Its Year of Inauguration: The View of the Students. ERASMUS Monographs No. 15. Werkstattberichte 37.

Autor/inn/en	Maiworm, Friedhelm; und weitere
Institution	Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium).
Titel	ECTS in Its Year of Inauguration: The View of the Students. ERASMUS Monographs No. 15. Werkstattberichte 37.
Quelle	(1992), (133 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	3-88122-722-9
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; College Credits; Foreign Countries; Formative Evaluation; Higher Education; Institutional Research; International Educational Exchange; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Student Attitudes; Student Exchange Programs; Study Abroad; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Institutionelle Forschung; Internationaler Austausch; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Schülerverhalten; Schüleraustausch; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This study evaluated the European Community Course Credit Transfer System (ECTS), an experimental pilot project designed to evaluate possibilities of credit transfer within the European Community as a means of academic recognition. The ECTS program furthers student mobility within the Community by encouraging students to undertake a substantial period of study in another Community Member State. The study, conducted in the program's first year, involved a 70-question questionnaire administered to 510 students of whom 66.5 percent responded. The students were surveyed in the months after they completed their study abroad experience. Results indicated the following: that 25 percent had serous problems regarding the award of credits and credit transfer; that the formal mechanisms of the ECTS pilot were not well established in the first year; that students were admitted to 98 percent of courses they had chosen originally; that the average number of credits transferred was 95 percent of those awarded during the study period abroad; that knowledge of the host country's culture and society increased substantially during the study abroad period; that the personal value of the experience was viewed positively by most students; and that student experience varied in relation to field of study. Extensive tables present the study data throughout. (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC