The Australian higher education quality assurance framework     

Mahsood Shah  Lucy Jarzabkowski 《Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education》2013,17(3):96-106

The Australian government initiated a review of higher education in 2008. One of the outcomes of the review was the formation of a national regulator, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), with responsibilities to: register all higher education providers, accredit the courses of the non self-accrediting providers, assure quality against externally set standards and reduce risk by monitoring institutional performance on various measures. One of the key changes in Australian higher education quality assurance is the shift from a ‘fitness-for-purpose’ approach to quality assurance to a compliance-driven approach using an externally developed set of standards monitored by the national regulator, which has legislated powers to place sanctions on universities and other providers for non-compliance. This article outlines the new framework introduced by the government and analyses its limitations in assuring and improving quality in core and support areas. It cautions universities against being dominated by TEQSA's compliance agenda. Rather, it encourages the development and maintenance of shared governance principles and strong internal quality improvement processes along with the establishment of an outcomes focus, which will stand the test of external compliance auditing while allowing the institution to pursue its own educational objectives. The article is based on the authors’ experience and reflection on external, improvement-led quality audits in Australia over the past decade compared with the present compliance-oriented audits now required for institutional registration and ongoing accreditation.  相似文献   

Towards the successful integration of e-learning systems in higher education in Iraq: A student perspective     

Nisreen Ameen  Robert Willis  Media Noori Abdullah  Mahmood Shah 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2019,50(3):1434-1446

This study aims to analyse the factors that can explain the adoption and effective use of a new e-learning system in Iraq. To achieve this, it uses a selection of factors that are present in the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model, and it includes three additional factors. The study hypothesises new relationships between the selected factors. Questionnaires were distributed to 300 university students in Iraq. Partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data received. The findings suggest that perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), subjective norms (SNs), information quality (IQ), system quality (SQ), technical support (TS) and self-efficacy (SE) have significant effects on behavioural intention (BI). In turn, BI and TS have significant direct effects on the actual use (AU) of e-learning systems. The factors age, gender and experience significantly moderated some of the relationships in the model. The research has several implications for policy makers, universities and the management of e-learning systems.  相似文献   

Expression and Reception: An Analytic Method for Assessing Message Production and Consumption in CMC     

Kang Namkoong  Dhavan V. Shah  Bryan McLaughlin  Ming-Yuan Chih  Tae Joon Moon  Shawnika Hull 《Communication methods and measures》2017,11(3):153-172

This article presents an innovative methodology to study computer-mediated communication (CMC), which allows analysis of the multi-layered effects of online expression and reception. The methodology is demonstrated by combining the following three data sets collected from a widely tested eHealth system, the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS): (1) a flexible and precise computer-aided content analysis; (2) a record of individual message posting and reading; and (3) longitudinal survey data. Further, this article discusses how the resulting data can be applied to online social network analysis and demonstrates how to construct two distinct types of online social networks—open and targeted communication networks—for different types of content embedded in social networks.  相似文献   

Integrating design science research and design based research frameworks for developing education support systems     

Fahd  Kiran  Miah  Shah J.  Ahmed  Khandakar  Venkatraman  Sitalakshmi  Miao  Yuan 《Education and Information Technologies》2021,26(4):4027-4048

Education and Information Technologies - This paper proposes an integrated research framework that takes advantage of the similarities of design science research (DSR) and Design-based research...  相似文献   

Exemplifying definitions: a case of a square   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Rina Zazkis  Roza Leikin 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2008,68(2):131-148

In this study we utilize the notion of learner-generated examples, suggesting that examples generated by students mirror their understanding of particular mathematical concepts. In particular, we explore examples generated by a group of prospective secondary school teachers for a definition of a square. Our framework for analysis includes the categories of accessibility and correctness, richness, and generality. Results shed light on participants’ understanding of what a mathematical definition should entail and, moreover, contrast their pedagogical preferences with mathematical considerations.  相似文献   

Physicochemical characteristics of various milk samples available in Pakistan     

Imran M  Khan H  Hassan SS  Khan R 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2008,9(7):546-551

We report physicochemical characteristics of various kinds of liquid milk commercially available in Pakistan in comparison with those of fresh natural milk from animals. Milk samples were collected from local markets at Peshawar, Pakistan,and analyzed for their physical features, including moisture, total solids, specific gravity, conductivity, viscosity and titratable acidity (lactic acid equivalent), and chemical components and macro-minerals, including total protein, casein, lactose, ash and minerals (Na, K and Mg). These items were compared with the physicochemical characteristics of the fresh natural milk samples from buffalo, cow and goat. The results were also compared with reported nutritional quality of milk from various countries and World Health Organization (WHO) standards. We found that all the physical features and chemical components of commercially available milk in Pakistan markets meet WHO's requirements, except for Na, K, Ca and Mg, which are below the standards.  相似文献   

Turn vs. shape: teachers cope with incompatible perspectives on angle     

Igor’ Kontorovich  Rina Zazkis 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2016,93(2):223-243

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Preservice education of math teachers using paradoxes     

Nitsa Movshovitz-Hadar  Rina Hadass 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》1990,21(3):265-287

This is a report on a naturalistic study of the role mathematical paradoxes can play in the preservice education of high school mathematics teachers. The study examined the potential of paradoxes as a vehicle for: (a) sharpening student-teachers' mathematical concepts; (b) raising their pedagogical awareness of the constructive role of fallacious reasoning in the development of mathematical knowledge. Course material development and data collection procedures are described. Results obtained in parts of the study through written responses and class-videotapes are analyzed and discussed. The findings indicate that the model of dealing with paradoxes as applied in this study has relevance to such aspects of mathematics education as cognitive conflicts, motivation, misconceptions and constructive learning.This is a second report on this study. The first report (Movshovitz-Hadar, 1988) was a brief one, and focused on the problem, the procedures and findings in a general way. The present report is focused in details on one task. The authors intend to present an across tasks analysis in a third report to be presented at AERA 90.  相似文献   

Constructing and Consolidating of Algebraic Knowledge within Dyadic Processes: A Case Study     

Michal Tabach  Rina Hershkowitz  Baruch Schwarz 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2006,63(3):235-258

Studies of knowledge constructing often focus on the analysis of a single episode, without considering enough the history of the learners, or the future learners' trajectories with regard to the concepts learned. This paper presents an example of knowledge constructing within the context of peer learning. We show how the design of the task and the tools available to the students afford the constructing of conceptual knowledge (the phenomenon of exponential growth and variation, as it is expressed in its numerical and graphical representations). We trace the constructing of knowledge through a series of dyadic sessions for a few months in a classroom environment. We show that knowledge is constructed cumulatively, each activity allowing for the consolidating of previous constructs. This pattern indicates the nature of the processes involved: knowledge constructing and consolidating are dialectical processes, developing over time, when new constructs stem from old ones already consolidated, which gain consolidation through the new construction, creating a new abstract entity. We also discuss the potential of the tool the students used (a spreadsheet program) to such processes of learning mathematics.  相似文献   

Silent Partners: Developing a Critical Understanding of Community Partners in Technical Communication Service-Learning Pedagogies     

Amy C. Kimme Hea  Rachael Wendler Shah 《Technical Communication Quarterly》2016,25(1):48-66

Although many technical communication teachers and programs integrate some form of service-learning pedagogy, there is a dearth of technical communication research on the silent partners of these projects: the community partners. Drawing upon research data from 14 former community partners of professional writing service-learning courses, the authors suggest that understanding community partners’ own self-defined stakes in service-learning projects can challenge hyperpragmatist representations of community partners and aid us in the continued creation, management, and critical evaluation of service-learning pedagogies and curricula.  相似文献