N5-0001 — Annual report 2010
1.
Introduction to the main theme: Education and Society – the role of teachers. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2010, pp. 5-21. (In English and French.)

The paper was commissioned by the Council of Europe for its Standing Conference of Ministers of Education; it reconsiders education and society in a contemporary context marked by internationalisation and globalisation. Changes in the perception, production and transmission of knowledge (“knowledge society”) are exposed and connected to the issue of social crises and sustainable development. Consequences in the area of teacher education as a special field in higher education are identified; conclusions and recommendations to European education policy development are made.

B.06 Other

COBISS.SI-ID: 8324425
2.
The development of a standard-setting instrument on academic freedom and institutional autonomy: the role of public authorities. (English & French.)

Feasibility study for the Steering Committee for HE and Research, Council of Europe analyses the contemporary understanding of academic freedom and institutional autonomy and considers if a new international “standard-setting instrument” (e.g. a declaration) would be meaningful. Documents of the last decades are analysed as well as the conceptual discussion on academic autonomy. Traditionally, academic autonomy was negotiated between academia and the State; today, the market has also entered this articulation in a problematic way and a redesign traditional “standards” is necessary.

B.06 Other

COBISS.SI-ID: 8183369