THE BOLOGNA DECLARATION AND THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE OPENING OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO NEW PUBLICS: perceptions of adult students attending the University of Coimbra

• Autor(a) principal: Moio, Isabel
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Alcoforado, Luís, Vieira, Cristina Coimbra
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Observatório
• Texto Completo: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/4098
• topic: Bologna Declaration; Access of adult students to higher education; Experiential knowledge; Bologna Declaration; Access of adult students to higher education; Experiential knowledge; Declaración de Bolonia; Acceso de adultos a la enseñanza superior; Conocimientos experienciales; Declaración de Bolonia; Acceso de adultos a la enseñanza superior; Conocimientos experienciales; Declaração de Bolonha; Acesso de adultos ao ensino superior; Saberes experienciais; Declaração de Bolonha; Acesso de adultos ao ensino superior; Saberes experienciais

In Portugal, while implementing the guidelines stemming from the commitments of the Bologna Declaration, legislation was created that framed a new regime for adult access to higher education, which has led to a very significant increase in enrollments in Universities and Institutes Polytechnics, for people with more than twenty-three years. In this paper, we present a study with these students, who attend the University of Coimbra, conducted through a questionnaire with close-ended and open-ended questions, followed by a focus group, where one can understand the importance that the opportunity of access and the lived experience as a student represented for these people, even if, in general terms, their specificity as students with quite different characteristics and professional and family responsibilities is not very taken into account.