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Enhancing Quality in Higher Education.
Interest in the quality of higher education provision has been steadily increasing over the last twenty years. This has been driven largely by the international creation of explicit policies and reporting requirements to review, audit and evaluate provision. The interest is associated in many countr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | International studies in higher education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Introduction; International Studies in Higher Education; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; References; Part 1: Theorising Enhancement; 1. Meanings of Enhancement; Introduction; Quality Enhancement; Quality Assurance, Assessment, Audit and Accreditation; Critical Components; Quality Management; Concluding Remarks; References; 2. Quality Culture at What Cost? Pursuing Educational Excellence in Straitened Times; Introduction.
- UK Responses to Quality CulturesQuality Cultures and the Quality Enhancement Model in Scotland; Financial Constraints and Their Implications for Quality; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; 3. Achieving the Focus on Enhancement?; Introduction: What Is the Problem?; Assessment, Assurance and (No) Enhancement?; What Are the Main Reasons why Quality Assurance Does Not Enhance Quality?; Can Quality Assurance Be Changed to Aid Quality Enhancement?; In Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Using Research Findings to Inform Quality Enhancement; Varieties of Institutional Research.
- Single-Institution StudiesStudies Involving Multiple Institutions; Getting 'the Message' Across; Pressure, Stress and Realism; Notes; References; Part 2: Enhancement in Context: International Perspectives; 5. Quality Enhancement in England: From Funded Projects to Student-Led Demand; Introduction; The Beginnings of Quality Enhancement; The Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund; Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; Student-Led Quality Enhancement; Conclusion; References; 6. 'To See Ourselves as Others See Us': The Scottish Approach to Quality Enhancement.
- Introduction to Quality Enhancement in Scotland: Context and CultureCharacteristics of the Scottish Quality Enhancement Framework (QEF); Implementation and Realisation; Barriers to Implementation; Conclusion: Complex Change and Contingency; References; 7. Quality Enhancement in American Higher Education; Introduction; Historical Overview of Faculty Development in Higher Education; The Stakeholders; Conclusion; References; 8. Enhancing Quality: A Finnish Perspective; Introduction; The Value Basis of Quality Enhancement; Enhancing Quality at Laurea.
- Plan-Do-Check-Act: The Quality System at LaureaThe FINHEEC Quality System Audit at Laurea in 2010; Development areas and challenges in quality enhancement; FINHEEC Centres of Excellence: Evaluations in Laurea; Learning by Developing (LbD): International Evaluations at Laurea; Quality Teaching Review by OECD/IMHE; Conclusion; References; 9. Contributions of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Quality Enhancement in Canada; Introduction; A Lack of National Support for SoTL in Canada; A Role for SoTL in Attempting to Define and Evaluate Quality in Canadian Higher Education.