scholarly journals Exploration into Improving Teaching Quality of Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Xiaotian Sun ◽  
Yueqian Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Joint Development ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Teachers And Students

<p>With the further advancement of higher education connotation, increasing problems have arisen in the previous quality management methods of higher education, which is unable to meet the development needs of education in new age. To solve these problems, the development model of higher education must transform from previous quality management to quality governance. Therefore, the innovative practice of higher education quality governance needs to focus on directive development idea at the core of teacher-student oriented development. In this way, the joint development system of teachers and students should be improved, thus further enhancing teaching quality of higher education. </p>

scholarly journals Directions for improving the quality of education in Belarusian universities (sociological analysis)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Yury Kalesnik ◽  
Vadzim Kleiman ◽  
Valentina Vasicheva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Teachers And Students

AbstractEducational institutions all over the world realize the importance of promoting international cooperation. In order to stay competitive in such fields like education, research, innovations it is no longer enough to count on only internal resources. Exchange of experience, knowledge sharing, benchmarking provide possibilities for universities to constantly remain updated on modern know-hows.New opportunities for improving the quality of higher education in Belarus are provided by different international programs and projects. Among them there is the project of the EU Program ERASMUS + CBHE “University Teaching and Learning Enhancement” / UniTeLE, which has been implemented since 2019. The project coordinator is Linnaeus University (Sweden).In the framework of the ERASMUS + UniTeLE project, a consortium of Belarusian universities has conducted a higher education quality research. The purpose of this research is to identify areas for improving the quality of higher education in Belarus.The research was carried out on the basis of a sociological survey of a representative sampling of teachers, staff and students of six Belarusian universities (more than 350 respondents from Minsk, Gomel, Brest, Gorki, Polotsk, Grodno were interviewed). Both SWOT analysis of higher education quality in Belarus and focus group of possible improvement were performed. The discussion was attended by work groups of 25 leaders, teachers and students from each of the Belarusian universities of the project consortium.The following fundamental research results should be noted. Among the strengths of Belarusian universities are: specialization in the regions, the system of additional adult education, and practical experience of teachers (2/3 of respondents). 58% of respondents are confident in the advantages of innovative educational technologies used by teachers, 47% indicated a low intensity of innovation implementation. Respondents noted the high level of Hard Skills competencies of the teaching staff and insufficiently of Soft Skills competencies for both teachers and students. The respondents identified outdated educational technologies and methods and the content of curricula as the fundamental weakness of Belarusian education.The following areas of quality improvement have been identified as the most important for Belarusian universities: -the development of Soft Skills competencies of both teachers and students to provide their close interaction;-the development of Soft Skills competencies among students to provide their close interaction with employers (the development of job search skills, entrepreneurial activity);-the introduction of active teaching and learning methods, the development of interactive educational technologies;-the inсlusion of students in the process of education quality internal assessment;-systematic assessment of teachers, including the process of applying for a job, teacher academic development planning (HR management).For the practical improvement in the suggested areas, it is advisable to create Life Long Learning Centres and Centres of Academic Development of teachers in Belarusian universities, as well as a student-oriented quality assessment system. To improve the quality and competitiveness of Belarusian education, it is also advisable to develop international cooperation and networking among universities. The positive experience of such projects as TEMPUS ECOTESY, ERASMUS + UniTeLE, ERASMUS + BELL and others, can contribute to such cooperation and interaction.

scholarly journals THE FRENCH MODEL FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION: CURRENT TRENDS

2020 ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Nina Batechko ◽  
Alla Durdas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
French Experience ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Europe Today ◽  
French Education System ◽  
French Model

The article deals with the current state of development of higher education in the French Republic. The higher educa-tion quality in France in the light of the European tendencies has been highlighted; the French model for assessing the quality of higher education has been analysed. The concept of higher education quality has been stated; the structure of France’s higher education has been provided. The effectiveness, innovation and productivity which are expected from higher education in Europe today, have been emphasized. The significance of the continuing assessment in the French education system has been stressed. The historical background for the development of the French model for assessing the quality of higher education has been considered. The bodies participating in evaluating higher education in France have been analysed, and their roles and tasks have been stated. The possibility of the use of the positive French experience in higher education quality evaluation in Ukraine has been stated.

scholarly journals MANAJEMEN MUTU PENDIDIKAN TINGGI (MMPT): KONSEP DASAR DAN STRATEGI DALAM PENINGKATAN MUTU BERKELANJUTAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-38
Author(s):  
Andi Arif Rifa'i
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Basic Concepts

Higher education quality management is a strategic concept that is able to bring a university to the world level. In the basic concepts of quality management, quality is always planned, controlled, guaranteed and continuously improved. Practical and strategic models such as TQM, EFQM, SQM and others, provide philosophical offers to managers who wish to improve the quality of their institutions. Providers of quality management models in higher education services must consider customer satisfaction as one of the main quality measures. The implementation of higher education will ultimately have an impact on the competitiveness of the nation's human resources.

scholarly journals HIGHER EDUCATION, QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, EXPERT SUPPORT AND ITS ASSURANCE: THE CANONIZATION OF CONCEPTS (THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Batechko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Expert Support

The article highlights the peculiarities of the justification of the concept of “quality of education” in modern scientific discourse. At the same time, the investigated phenomenon is presented in the interpretation of the systemic and synergistic approaches. It is noted that the synergy of systematic and synergistic approaches can serve as a theoretical and methodological justification for the quality of education. In the context of systemic and synergetic approaches, modern realities of introducing the basic principles of the quality of education and its expert support in the national higher school are analysed. It has been proved that taking into account the best European principles for ensuring the quality of education and own vision of the solution of the problem will allow accelerating the processes of reforming the education sector in Ukraine.

scholarly journals Higher Education Quality: Perception Differences among Internal and External Stakeholders

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munirul Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
External Stakeholder ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
The University

<p class="apa">Conceptually, education quality of higher education can be determined by evaluation of their stakeholders’s satisfaction level. The Purpose of this study is to describe how students as external stakeholder and lecturers as internal stakeholder, perceived their satisfaction of learning experience in the university. This study was conducted in quantitative research method to collect, analyze and interpret data. The findings indicated that students and lecturers had different perceptions on the quality of education. Lecturer perceived all dimensions of quality with a higher satisfaction level than students. This finding shows that there is a gap between perception of lecturers and students on higher education quality.</p>

scholarly journals Quality Of Education – A Guarantee Of Institutional Competitiveness

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 592-599
Author(s):  
Mariana Iatagan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Starting from the three challenges in the field of the higher education: relevant character, quality and international cooperation (…), this work represents an analysis of the impact of quality culture on the increasing of Romanian universities competitiveness on the European market of education. Analyzing the literature in the branch, we find out that the main changes recorded at the level of the tertiary education are the diversification and the consistent development of education at a higher level, on the ground of the intensified difficulties as far as it regards insuring resources and an increased demand of responsibility. We are also witnesses, in present, of the development of a “consumption” view over the universities and passing from a higher education for elites, to a mass one, where the performance seems often to be uncertain. As far as it concerns as suring the quality in the higher education environment, it can be noticed that its implementation is made almost in a mechanical way, on the ground of a quality management that is not enough developed and a weak involvement of direct beneficiaries in the project of the quality system. In this regard, we recommend developping of a system of total quality management at university level, beginning from the student’s needs, identifying some new performance items in education and development of some effective instruments of ensuring higher education quality.

scholarly journals Higher education quality management: What is “quality” and what is “higher education”?

Upravlenets ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-14
Author(s):  
Vitaly Tambovtsev ◽  
Irina Rozhdestvenskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation

The paper studies the problem of assessing the quality of higher education in the Russian Federation. The problem is rooted in the ambiguous understanding of the concept of quality and the variability of the meaning of higher education, primarily, its arguable connection with obtaining a specific professional education. The methodology relies on the principles of modern economic theory and the results of social psychology and assessment theory, thereby demonstrating a cross-disciplinary character. Based on the provisions and approaches mentioned above, we find that the concept of quality has at least four possible interpretations, and the concept of higher education has three of them, while the current regulatory documents do not fully cover them. Proceeding from the fact that higher education services are credence goods for students, the research proves that students cannot act as the subject of quality assessment. The analysis performed in the paper demonstrates the plethora of options for assessing the quality of higher education, the number of which attains at least 396. The study formulates concrete proposals for modernization of the existing system of higher education quality assessment in Russia.

scholarly journals ОНЛАЙН ОПИТУВАННЯ СТУДЕНТІВ У СИСТЕМІ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ЯКОСТІ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Volodymyr M. Moroz ◽  
Volodymyr P. Sadkovyi ◽  
Volodymyr M. Babayev ◽  
Svitlana A. Moroz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality

Based on the results of the analysis of world experience on the participation of higher education graduates in assessing the quality of educational activities of higher education institutions and the quality of higher education in general, the possibility of including students in expert groups for monitoring the quality of higher education has been substantiated. There was considered the history of implementation the toolkit for surveying the students into the mechanisms of monitoring the higher education quality. Comparative analysis of the domestic experience on attracting the higher education graduates to the assessment of higher education quality with the relevant foreign experience has been conducted. The peculiarities of the organization and conducting of students surveys within the framework of the international consortium "Student experience in the research university" are determined. The authors have considered the prospects of use of the online survey toolkit for the quality control system in higher education, as well as the level of professional activity of universities. The requirements for a software product, that the expert in assessing the quality of higher education can use to ensure the effectiveness of online surveys of students and the guaranteed achievement of the goal of appropriate monitoring are given. The advantages and disadvantages of online surveys of students as a tool for monitoring the quality of higher education have been identified. The benefits of using the cloud service survey by the organizer for development of the questionnaire for students surveys and analysis of the received answers have been proved. In addition, the paper provides conclusions on the possibility of using the online survey of students in the system for quality assurance in higher education both at university and at the state level, as well as practical recommendations on the use of questionnaires for higher education applicants in the framework of mechanisms for monitoring its quality. The directions of further scientific researches concerning the development and using cloud technologies for assessing the level of quality assurance in higher education institutions, the quality of educational activities and higher education as a whole have been formulated.

scholarly journals Analysis of students' views about the quality of higher education (based on the survey results)

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Olena Orzhel ◽  
Kateryna Tryma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Enhancement ◽  
Positive Finding ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Education Quality Assurance

The article is dedicated to the issue of student involvement in higher education quality assurance and evaluation – a vital and highly relevant issue in today’s higher education of Ukraine. Changes instigated by the Law of Ukraine «On Higher Education» of 2014, foresee an active role of students in the formation and evaluation of higher education quality as 1) final beneficiaries, 2) interviewees and participants in accreditation of study programmes, 3) external evaluation experts during study programmes accreditation, as ruled by current legislation. Taking into account the significance of students’ role in quality assurance, it is necessary to find out: how university students interpret quality of higher education and higher education quality assurance; how students perceive their role in the formation and enhancement of higher education quality; to what extend they are ready and committed to influence and improve the quality of higher education. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to investigate students’ opinion on the quality of Ukraine’s higher education. To this end, students’ survey was conducted with the focus on the following: what is quality and quality assurance in students’ opinion; how respondents assess the quality of education in their HEI and in Ukraine in general; whether students can influence the quality of study programmes and quality of higher education; what hinders improvement of study programmes and enhancement of quality of higher education. The survey was conducted in May – October 2020; the respondents were 115 students of five Ukrainian universities (years three and four of bachelor programmes and master students) who volunteered to take part in the survey. The research resulted in the following conclusions:  1) There is no integral, holistic understanding of higher education quality among student community. Representatives of different HEIs interpret higher education quality differently, though in total 60% of respondents interpret quality as « new, relevant information and knowledge». 2) On the whole, respondents value the quality of higher education rather low: only 25% of students regard it as high. At the same time, most of surveyed students rate the quality of their study programme higher, than the quality of higher education in their university or the quality of educational services in Ukraine in general. 3) Students of different HEIs are rather diverse in their interpretation of quality assurance of higher education and choice of different means for quality enhancement. On the whole, respondents give preference to those tools that anticipate active students’ participation in quality assurance, like asking the teacher to change the manner of teaching, or leaving a complaint with student self-government, discussing the quality of teaching in a focus group, or filling in an evaluation questionnaire. 4) Students who participated in the survey demonstrated critical thinking and fair judgement of their negative impact on the quality of higher education by stating that low student motivation is the most significant factor that obstructs quality enhancement. Other factors cited by respondents include low teacher motivation, underdeveloped infrastructure at HEIs, teacher workload. 5) The positive finding of the survey is that the majority of students are confident in their capability to influence the quality of higher education in their HEI and only 21% responded they are deprived of the possibility improve higher education quality.

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