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The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices
Edited by David B. Sawyer, Frank Austermühl and Vanessa Enríquez Raído
[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series XIX] 2019
► pp. 141–160

Structure and process

A case study of the evolving interpreter education curriculum in Vienna

With a focus on several major reform efforts over the last quarter-century, this chapter describes and analyzes the legal and institutional frameworks that have been shaping the curriculum for interpreter education at the University of Vienna, where successive MA programs were created in 2003, 2007 and 2015. Special attention will be given to the implications of the Bologna Accords and the reorganization of Austria’s higher education system through the 2002 Universities Act, while at the same time highlighting the various more specific organizational constraints governing recent cycles in the curriculum reform process. The aim is to present a detailed case study of the evolving curriculum that provides a deeper understanding of the curriculum design process and its results as a local creation shaped by multiple layers of context and a specific set of decision-making processes as well as pedagogical principles.

Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Interpreter education in Vienna
    • Origins
    • Twentieth-century models
    • Twenty-first-century evolution
    • BA + MAs
    • Restructuring again
  • Structure and process: A comprehensive view
    • Layers of context
    • Political context
    • Legal framework
    • Institutional framework
    • Decision-making processes
    • Pedagogical rationale
    • Policy options
    • Professional competence
    • Evidence
  • Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 18 June 2019
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