The teaching process includes "teaching" and "learning" of two aspects, and the teaching process of adult higher education is the autonomous learning process of students under the guidance of teachers. It respecti...The teaching process includes "teaching" and "learning" of two aspects, and the teaching process of adult higher education is the autonomous learning process of students under the guidance of teachers. It respectively establishes scientific and reasonable "teaching" quality monitoring system and "learning" quality monitoring system, to respectively conduct monitoring of the whole teaching process from"teaching" and "learning" of the two aspects, in order to effectively improve the teaching quality of adult higher education.展开更多
Recently, the scale of higher education for adults is expanding and at the same time, the teaching quality is declining, which has been increasingly focused on. In order to improve the teaching quality, at first, it i...Recently, the scale of higher education for adults is expanding and at the same time, the teaching quality is declining, which has been increasingly focused on. In order to improve the teaching quality, at first, it is necessary to build up a set of integrative and complete teaching quality evaluation system, which is composed of class, course major and college respectively from the aspects of learning and teaching because of the particularity of the students and teaching modes of higher education for adults.展开更多
Quality assessment systems for business organisations and also for vocational schools were established in Estonia at the beginning of 2000s. Almost ten years later, corresponding systems were introduced also for highe...Quality assessment systems for business organisations and also for vocational schools were established in Estonia at the beginning of 2000s. Almost ten years later, corresponding systems were introduced also for higher education institutions (HEIs). All these assessment systems are based on the European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM) excellence model. The aim of this paper is to analyse benefits, difficulties, and success factors of quality assessment processes in Estonian business organisations, vocational schools, and HEIs. The study is based on the analysis of feedback questionnaire of 404 representatives from participating organisations (HEIs, vocational schools, and business enterprises) and assessors. Our analysis revealed that quality assessment processes including self-assessment reporting had a positive effect on organisation development and it has given the participants certain benefits and new challenges. As a consequence, knowledge about quality management as well as the self-assessment skills has been improved. The main difficulties were connected to limited time resources and with problems to recognize direct benefits of quality assessment. As substantial difficulties, limitations of analytical and report-writing skills were considered. As the biggest success factor, an involvement of managers on different levels decision making was recognized. The analysis revealed that there are a number of similar benefits and difficulties in the quality assessment systems of different organizations.展开更多
The forthcoming European Higher Education Area has implied an important change in the teaching/learning process:it is necessary to get students more involved as well as to promote their independence and active partici...The forthcoming European Higher Education Area has implied an important change in the teaching/learning process:it is necessary to get students more involved as well as to promote their independence and active participation.Furthermore,Information and Communication Technology is progressively including greater spaces in human beings’life,as economics,arts,engineering and education,among others fields.Therefore,a web tool,based on a content management system,has been developed to teach the Power Electronics subject.Moreover,the use of these multimedia tools makes it possible to encourage students’independence.This developed educational software is necessary as an important resource in the students’teaching/learning process.Therefore,the importance of evaluation models increases in as much as the application of these instruments allows its effective evaluation.It offers a greater guarantee of its use in these environments from the students’point of view.An evaluation process,by means of several surveys for students and lecturers,is used in order to evaluate the quality of these multimedia interactive tools.The results demonstrate that the use of this web tool increases students’motivation significantly.展开更多
The assessment of quality in higher education from the perspective of students has three dimensions:students’assessment of teaching,students’satisfaction and students’learning engagement.These differ in conceptions...The assessment of quality in higher education from the perspective of students has three dimensions:students’assessment of teaching,students’satisfaction and students’learning engagement.These differ in conceptions of quality,evaluation methods,evaluation content,evaluation purposes,traits and priorities.The authors conducted three rounds of empirical investigations to study higher education quality assessment from students’perspective and concluded that students play multiple roles in higher education evaluation and assessment,all of which can be improved by strengthening students’objectivity and participation,evaluating the added value of a college education oriented to student development and taking the students’perspective as an important way to contribute to higher education quality enhancement,assurance and control,and make proper use of higher education evaluations and assessments.展开更多
As an institution,Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University(XJTLU)is unique in China.It is the only Chinese institution that awards students both UK degree and Chinese degree,so it has two sets of control,one of which is t...As an institution,Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University(XJTLU)is unique in China.It is the only Chinese institution that awards students both UK degree and Chinese degree,so it has two sets of control,one of which is to meet all the requirements of the UK Higher Education(HE)standards and the other is to go through all the requirements of Chinese degree awarding powers.Due to its specific relationship with University of Liverpool(UoL),XJTLU is also under close scrutiny from UoL.All of these are reflected in the XJTLU internal and external Quality Assurance(QA)frameworks and procedures.This article focuses on describing and analysing how XJTLU monitors the teaching and assessment processes to meet the UK HE QA standards.Generally,the monitoring system is robust and multidimensional,involving students and peers as observers/reviewers.To understand students’perspectives on the teaching quality and their learning experience,the university provides official channels for students to provide ratings and/or qualitative comments on modules and instructors at the middle and the end of semester,while module instructors are expected to do reflection and revision of their teaching accordingly.In addition to that,each module instructor has to observe a peer’s class annually and engage in dialogues with the peer reviewer before and after the observation.To ensure the quality of assessment tasks and marking standards,module leaders have to actively communicate with internal moderators,UoL moderators and external moderators in the Assessment Preparation Review(APR)and Marking Moderation Review(MMR)processes.In general,the evaluation practice of teaching and assessment plays an important role in ensuring the educational quality is maintained and enhanced at XJTLU and is comparable with international best practice.So far,many disciplines at the university have been certified by international professional organizations,which strengthens the university’s global positioning,and directly improves the competitiveness of graduates in the global job market.The author hopes to provide some insights of the QA practice at XJTLU to help teachers and education administrators in different contexts to understand the benefits and progress to be made in terms of teaching and assessment evaluation to ensure the high quality of student training.展开更多
文摘The teaching process includes "teaching" and "learning" of two aspects, and the teaching process of adult higher education is the autonomous learning process of students under the guidance of teachers. It respectively establishes scientific and reasonable "teaching" quality monitoring system and "learning" quality monitoring system, to respectively conduct monitoring of the whole teaching process from"teaching" and "learning" of the two aspects, in order to effectively improve the teaching quality of adult higher education.
文摘Recently, the scale of higher education for adults is expanding and at the same time, the teaching quality is declining, which has been increasingly focused on. In order to improve the teaching quality, at first, it is necessary to build up a set of integrative and complete teaching quality evaluation system, which is composed of class, course major and college respectively from the aspects of learning and teaching because of the particularity of the students and teaching modes of higher education for adults.
文摘Quality assessment systems for business organisations and also for vocational schools were established in Estonia at the beginning of 2000s. Almost ten years later, corresponding systems were introduced also for higher education institutions (HEIs). All these assessment systems are based on the European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM) excellence model. The aim of this paper is to analyse benefits, difficulties, and success factors of quality assessment processes in Estonian business organisations, vocational schools, and HEIs. The study is based on the analysis of feedback questionnaire of 404 representatives from participating organisations (HEIs, vocational schools, and business enterprises) and assessors. Our analysis revealed that quality assessment processes including self-assessment reporting had a positive effect on organisation development and it has given the participants certain benefits and new challenges. As a consequence, knowledge about quality management as well as the self-assessment skills has been improved. The main difficulties were connected to limited time resources and with problems to recognize direct benefits of quality assessment. As substantial difficulties, limitations of analytical and report-writing skills were considered. As the biggest success factor, an involvement of managers on different levels decision making was recognized. The analysis revealed that there are a number of similar benefits and difficulties in the quality assessment systems of different organizations.
文摘The forthcoming European Higher Education Area has implied an important change in the teaching/learning process:it is necessary to get students more involved as well as to promote their independence and active participation.Furthermore,Information and Communication Technology is progressively including greater spaces in human beings’life,as economics,arts,engineering and education,among others fields.Therefore,a web tool,based on a content management system,has been developed to teach the Power Electronics subject.Moreover,the use of these multimedia tools makes it possible to encourage students’independence.This developed educational software is necessary as an important resource in the students’teaching/learning process.Therefore,the importance of evaluation models increases in as much as the application of these instruments allows its effective evaluation.It offers a greater guarantee of its use in these environments from the students’point of view.An evaluation process,by means of several surveys for students and lecturers,is used in order to evaluate the quality of these multimedia interactive tools.The results demonstrate that the use of this web tool increases students’motivation significantly.
基金The 13th Five-Year Plan Project of Tianjin Educational Science,Constructing Higher Education Quality Assessment System from the Perspective of Students(No HEYP5018).
文摘The assessment of quality in higher education from the perspective of students has three dimensions:students’assessment of teaching,students’satisfaction and students’learning engagement.These differ in conceptions of quality,evaluation methods,evaluation content,evaluation purposes,traits and priorities.The authors conducted three rounds of empirical investigations to study higher education quality assessment from students’perspective and concluded that students play multiple roles in higher education evaluation and assessment,all of which can be improved by strengthening students’objectivity and participation,evaluating the added value of a college education oriented to student development and taking the students’perspective as an important way to contribute to higher education quality enhancement,assurance and control,and make proper use of higher education evaluations and assessments.
文摘As an institution,Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University(XJTLU)is unique in China.It is the only Chinese institution that awards students both UK degree and Chinese degree,so it has two sets of control,one of which is to meet all the requirements of the UK Higher Education(HE)standards and the other is to go through all the requirements of Chinese degree awarding powers.Due to its specific relationship with University of Liverpool(UoL),XJTLU is also under close scrutiny from UoL.All of these are reflected in the XJTLU internal and external Quality Assurance(QA)frameworks and procedures.This article focuses on describing and analysing how XJTLU monitors the teaching and assessment processes to meet the UK HE QA standards.Generally,the monitoring system is robust and multidimensional,involving students and peers as observers/reviewers.To understand students’perspectives on the teaching quality and their learning experience,the university provides official channels for students to provide ratings and/or qualitative comments on modules and instructors at the middle and the end of semester,while module instructors are expected to do reflection and revision of their teaching accordingly.In addition to that,each module instructor has to observe a peer’s class annually and engage in dialogues with the peer reviewer before and after the observation.To ensure the quality of assessment tasks and marking standards,module leaders have to actively communicate with internal moderators,UoL moderators and external moderators in the Assessment Preparation Review(APR)and Marking Moderation Review(MMR)processes.In general,the evaluation practice of teaching and assessment plays an important role in ensuring the educational quality is maintained and enhanced at XJTLU and is comparable with international best practice.So far,many disciplines at the university have been certified by international professional organizations,which strengthens the university’s global positioning,and directly improves the competitiveness of graduates in the global job market.The author hopes to provide some insights of the QA practice at XJTLU to help teachers and education administrators in different contexts to understand the benefits and progress to be made in terms of teaching and assessment evaluation to ensure the high quality of student training.