Consequences of political and educational measures on teaching first year university science |
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| Authors: | Helge Dohn |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Studies in Higher Education, Department of Education, Philosophy and Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | The study reported in this paper describes how higher order political and educational conditions unintentionally emphasize the teaching-learning practice in a specific subject (eg. a first year chemistry course at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark). It is pointed out that the budgetary market economy model for financing higher education institutions that is currently used, the admission procedures and specific entrance requirements to that university, in addition to the chosen curriculum structure combine to single out the chemistry course as a gate-keeper governing the enrolment to that university. A high failure rate in this course was defined more as a teaching-learning problem rather than as a consequence of the higher order educational planning. |
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