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标题：CHALLENGES, EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY: THE ADAPTATION OF A GEOGRAPHY DEGREE TO THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
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作者：Mireia BAYLINA ; Maria VILLANUEVA
期刊名称：European Journal of Geography
印刷版ISSN：1792-1341
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：27-38
出版社：EUROGEO
摘要：After the Sorbonne Declaration, the idea of a European Higher Education Area was launched,and universities have been pushed into a restructuring process with a strong emphasis onquality and excellence. In Spain, the focus on graduate employability impelled academics andprofessionals towards the formulation of a White Book on the state and the future ofGeography in Higher Education (2004). This has been a useful tool concerning the generaldebate on the design of new university degrees within European regulations. This was thecase at the department of Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB),where a three-year pilot program was undertaken, aiming to test the Bologna system beforesetting up and validating the new degrees. The outcomes of the White Book and of the pilotexperience, proved to be very useful. The academic year 2009-10 began with a new Bachelorsdegree course in Geography and Regional Planning, a Spanish adaptation to European(Bologna) regulations. Although the short time that has elapsed since then makes it difficult toundertake a full evaluation of the process and reflect on its outcomes and impacts, the wholeissue of reform is raising controversy leading to the reluctance to initiate further change, duemainly to the lack of internal debate about the process of change that apparently seems to be aresponse to global economic demands rather than academic ones. This paper analyzes theimpact of the process in Spain, and specifically, in the Geography degree at UAB.
关键词：Geography; European Higher Education Area; Bologna; Spain; Autonomous University of Barcelona