This article explores the components of the social work education curriculum and follows the process of socialization by focusing on the student's perspective, using comparative data collected from interviews with professors and field instructors as the context for interpreting the findings. This is a longitudinal case study of a 3-year bachelor…

This article describes and analyses changes made in the organisation of higher education studies in Germany and Norway, following the recommendations of the Bologna Declaration. In both countries, the characteristic modes of university study have been circumscribed by the tradition of Humboldtian values and ideals, albeit to a different extent. On…

Comparison of older adults participating in a University of the Third Age program with nonparticipants indicated that gender, age, and religion did not influence the terminal or instrumental values of either group. There were no significant differences in values between participants or nonparticipants. (SK)