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Direct linkHavnes, Anton; Stensaker, Bjorn – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The paper aims to investigate the role of educational development centres, and their potential for playing a broader and more central role in quality and organisational development. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on the results of three external evaluations of educational development centres in Denmark and Norway,…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Role, Institutional Evaluation
Becket, Nina; Brookes, Maureen – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: Despite the abundance of research on quality management there is no universal consensus on how best to measure quality in higher education. This paper undertakes a critical evaluation of the different methods used to assess the quality of provision in higher education departments in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on relevant…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Schools of Education, Criticism, Educational Quality
Henderson-Smart, Cheryl; Winning, Tracey; Gerzina, Tania; King, Shalinie; Hyde, Sarah – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: To develop a method for benchmarking teaching and learning in response to an institutional need to validate a new program in Dentistry at the University of Sydney, Australia. Design/methodology/approach: After a collaborative partner, University of Adelaide, was identified, the areas of teaching and learning to be benchmarked, PBL…
Descriptors: Dentistry, Foreign Countries, Benchmarking, Teaching Methods
Gapp, Rod; Fisher, Ron – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The paper presents a new paradigm for implementing action learning in a key subject area in a program. Design/methodology/approach: An action research-based course evaluation methodology was linked to course design and development at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Involving students via effective communication provided a sense of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Action Research, Models, Course Evaluation
Stevenson, Anne; Harper, Sarah – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: To investigate the possible effects of workplace stress in academics on the student learning experience. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires were designed and distributed to all academic staff at a Scottish Higher Education Institute. This measured perceived levels of stress amongst academic staff and the possible impact of this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Experience, Languages
Cavanaugh, Joseph K. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: This study investigates how the increased use of part-time and nontenure-track instructors may result in grade inflation. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses ten years of registrar data at a Midwest State (USA) institution to perform a multiple regression grade analysis. Findings: Evidence is found that part-time and…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Multiple Regression Analysis, Part Time Faculty, Nontenured Faculty
Calvo-Mora, Arturo; Leal, Antonio; Roldan, Jose L. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: To analyse the implicit relationships among enabler agents of the European excellence model to serve as a framework for the management and improvement of the quality in higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach: The hypotheses set out are based on the structure and meaning of the EFQM model and a review of the TQM…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Least Squares Statistics, Human Resources, Resource Allocation
Reid, Ken – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to discuss the issue of managing and reducing school absenteeism and truancy. Design/methodology/approach: The article proposes the development and implementation of some long-term strategic approaches to tackling truancy and other forms of non-attendance from school. This article focuses on the innovative…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance Patterns, Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning
Voss, Roediger; Gruber, Thorsten – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to aim to develop a deeper understanding of the teaching qualities of effective lecturers that students desire and to uncover the constructs that underlie these desire expectations and reveal the underlying benefits for which students look. Design/methodology/approach: A semi-standardized qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Washer, Peter – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on observation of teaching in a Higher Education (HE) context with a view to proposing some guidelines for the design and practice of institutional systems to observe teaching. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review and a proposed model for a system of observation of teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Classroom Techniques, Observation, Models
Douglas, Jacqueline; Douglas, Alex; Barnes, Barry – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the design and use of a questionnaire to measure student satisfaction at Liverpool John Moores University's Faculty of Business and Law. Design/methodology/approach: The paper utilised the concept of the service-product bundle to design the survey questionnaire and then used SPSS and Quadrant…
Descriptors: Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Universities
Chan, Catherine Y. P.; Chan, S. F.; Chan, K.; Ip, W. C. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a thinking model to recommend to the vocational education institutions for planning their educational business in the face of marketization. Design/methodology/approach: The systems approach is adopted for developing the model. It is not only used for the conceptualization of the principles of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Planning
Koslowski, Fred A., III – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a general review for USA and international academic faculty and administrators of the dominant themes and history of quality and assessment in both industry and Higher Education, and how they relate to each other in order to stimulate and encourage debate as well as influence policy.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control, Industry
Svensson, Magnus; Klefsjo, Bengt – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe a self-assessment project, the steps taken and the tools used, and above all, focus on the evaluation made after the decision to discontinue, learning and acquiring knowledge about self-assessment as a methodology in educational organizations. Design/methodology/approach: In order to investigate…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Principals, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods
Meirovich, Gavriel; Romar, Edward J. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The applicability of total quality management (TQM) to higher education instruction is controversial. The purpose of this paper is to help clarify the application of TQM to higher education instruction by identifying and analyzing the dual roles played by both students and instructors. The authors also offer an improvement to the…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, College Instruction, Student Role, Teacher Role
