The Bologna process in Serbia as perceived by art faculties students and professors

Abstract

The goal of the research is to analyse the aspects of the application of the Bologna process principles in higher arts education by examining art faculties students' and professors' views regarding the systematic change within the higher education reform in Serbia, stemming from the Bologna Declaration. Qualitative research was conducted by employing semi-structured interviews with sixteen students and teachers at public and private art faculties. The interview agenda comprised two thematic blocks: the positive and negative aspects of the application of Bologna principles as perceived by art faculty students and the positive and negative aspects of the application of Bologna principles as perceived by art faculty teachers. Data have been analysed by employing the principles of thematic analysis. The possibility of student and teacher mobility was underlined among the positive aspects or categories. The lack of appreciation for the specificity of art education which is not disposed to formalization, i.e. the credits and administration system, was emphasized among the negative aspects or categories.