Preliminary communication

ARE THE REFORMS IN LEARNING COMPATIBLE WITH THE REFORMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION?

Elvi Piršl ; University of Juraj Dobrila, Pula; Croatia
Neala Ambrosi-Randić ; University of Juraj Dobrila, Pula; Croatia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to establish if the Higher Education reforms, so-called Bologna process, have led to changes in attitude towards learning. Research was carried out on a total sample of 216 students, male and female, from the University of Juraj Dobrila in Pula, 93 of whom had studied under the pre-Bologna process and 123 students who were studying under the new Higher Education program based on the principles of the Bologna Declaration. A questionnaire with sub-scales assessing organisation, flexibility in learning, manner of processing information, use of aids, active participation in class, motivation and anxiety, was employed in order to examine their learning strategies. The results of the analysis point to the existence of statistically significant differences between the groups in favour of students following the new system of studying: students who are studying under the Bologna system use aids significnatly more often, process the subject matter more thoroughly, are more flexible in learning, more active and more motivated than their predecessors. The differences obtained are examined in the context of modified conditions of studying and the new system of Higher Education.

Keywords

Bologna process; motivation; teaching; learning strategies; anxiety

Hrčak ID:

59104

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59104

Publication date:

27.9.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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