'It's Not Like Everything Changes Just with a Click on New Year's Eve': Perceptions on Educational Issues of University Mergers in Finland

Autor/inn/en	Ursin, Jani; Aittola, Helena
Titel	'It's Not Like Everything Changes Just with a Click on New Year's Eve': Perceptions on Educational Issues of University Mergers in Finland
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 34 (2021) 3, S.543-559 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ursin, Jani) ORCID (Aittola, Helena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/s41307-019-00151-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Universities; Organizational Change; Organizational Culture; Educational Change; College Students; Student Attitudes; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; University; Universität; Organisationswandel; Unternehmenskultur; Bildungsreform; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Finnland
Abstract	The study explored educational perceptions concerning Finnish university mergers. The data were collected by interviewing academics and students (n = 30) in four merger projects. Qualitative content analysis was applied to the data. According to the findings, (i) the implications of the merger with regard to educational activities were primarily connected to the institutions' own culture and history; (ii) new openings in education, teaching, and learning were only moderate in scope at the time of the interviews; (iii) there is strong potential for the enhancement of teachers' pedagogical competence; (iv) creating a joint organisational and educational culture is a challenging and time-consuming task. The findings further suggest that it is important to pay attention to openness and transparency at all stages of a merger. The study highlights the fact that the actual changes in education, teaching, and learning are slow. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01