Limitations on university teachers’ academic freedom while designing syllabuses for academic disciplines

Abstract

This paper deals with the issue of limitations on academic freedom of teachers of higher educational institutions during their scientific and pedagogical activities, specifically while designing a syllabus. The provisions of the following legislative acts were analyzed for the presence of conditions that may limit the academic liberty of the educator when designing an academic discipline syllabus, namely the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education”, the Law of Ukraine “On Education”, Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On License Terms Approval on Conducting Educational Activities”, Regulations of Educational Process Organization and Regulations on applicable curriculum program of some higher educational establishments. Special focus is on analyzing the higher education regulations that influence the implementation of the mentioned concept, namely the educational program for a particular discipline, curriculum and explanatory note to the curriculum as compulsory elements of licensing. Furthermore, some aspects of transformation of provisions of the National Qualifications Framework into the curriculum are addressed from the perspective of higher school teachers’ academic liberty limitations.

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O Varych, M Savokhina

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O Varych, M Savokhina (2018). Limitations on university teachers’ academic freedom while designing syllabuses for academic disciplines. Проблеми інженерно-педагогічної освіти. Збірник наукових праць, 0(58), 12-20. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-635828