FLF3015 Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Higher Education

Admitted to third-cycle education primarily in the subjects technology and learning, historical studies of technology or science and environment and secondarily closely related subjects.

The historical development of the universities and higher education. The policy, management and control of the higher education. The research field higher education. Global higher education and research policy.

The aim of the course is to introduce the research domain higher education and give an introduction to some considerable themes in this field, e.g. policy control, organisation, culture, profession.

After passing the course, the student should be able to:

• discuss ideas around the nature of the university and its role in society and discuss how these have been developed over time
• analyse different expectations on higher education and research and give examples of the response of the universities in the light of the preconditions
• reflect on higher education as research object and reflect on his own research in the light of the themes of the course
• comment on others' texts and reflect on the seminar form as method for learning