The reflective institution: Assuring and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

John Biggs 《Higher Education》2001,41(3):221-238

Three definitions of ``quality' have entered the qualityassurance (QA) debate: quality as value for money, quality as fitfor the purpose of the institution, quality as transforming. The firstis pivotal for retrospective QA, which sees QA in terms ofaccountability, and conforming to externally imposed standards. The lasttwo are pivotal for prospective QA, which sees QA asmaintaining and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning in theinstitution. In this paper, the reflective practitioner is taken as themodel for prospective QA. Three stages are involved in institutionalreflective practice: articulating an espoused theory of teaching, thequality model (QM); continually improving on current practicethrough quality enhancement (QE), in which staff development should playan important role; and making quality feasible (QF), by removingimpediments to good teaching, which often arise through distortedpriorities in institutional policy and procedures. These three stages,QM, QE, and QF, are essential ingredients in prospective QA.  相似文献   

The introduction and refinement of the assessment of digitally recorded audio presentations     

Stefanie Sinclair 《Open Learning》2016,31(2):163-175

Abstract

This case study critically evaluates benefits and challenges of a form of assessment included in a final year undergraduate Religious Studies Open University module, which combines a written essay task with a digital audio recording of a short oral presentation. Based on the analysis of student and tutor feedback and sample assignments, this study critically examines how teaching and learning practices linked to this novel form of assessment have been iteratively developed in light of the project findings over a period of two years. It concludes that while this form of assessment poses a number of challenges, it can create valuable opportunities for the development of transferable twenty-first-century graduate employability skills as well as deep, effective learning experiences, particularly – though not exclusively – in distance learning settings.  相似文献   

现代远程教育多媒体课件开发五题     

潘志征  黄超平 《湖北广播电视大学学报》2002,19(2):114-116

本文对现代远程教育多媒体课件开发的指导思想、基本原则、开发模式、软件环境和课件评估等问题进行了初步探讨,对于远程教学多媒体课件开发具有一定的参考价值。  相似文献   

Time-Indexed Effect Size for Educational Research and Evaluation: Reinterpreting Program Effects and Achievement Gaps in K–12 Reading and Math     

Jaekyung Lee  Jeremy Finn  Xiaoyan Liu 《Journal of Experimental Education》2019,87(2):193-213

Through a synthesis of test publisher norms and national longitudinal data sets, this study provides new national norms of academic growth in K–12 reading and math to help reinterpret conventional effect sizes in time units. We propose d?, a time-indexed–effect-size metric to estimate how long it would take for an “untreated” control group to reach the treatment group outcome in terms familiar to educators—years/months of schooling. It serves as a supplement to conventional effect-size metrics, such as Cohen's d, by taking into account different amounts of time needed for learning at different ages or grade levels. Through applications to Project STAR small class effects and NAEP racial achievement gaps, we demonstrate how to interpret and use d?. It is expected to provide a more developmentally appropriate context for interpreting the size of an effect, a step toward bridging the gap between educational research and practice.  相似文献   

建立学习档案对语言学课程进行形成性评价的实验研究     

邓兆红  何世潮  周海平 《安徽科技学院学报》2008,22(3):30-34

教育界已经开始呼吁利用学习档案对学习和教学进行形成性评价,培养学生自主学习能力和反思能力。在这一背景下,本研究选定安徽科技学院英语专业某班学生为受试者,研究在他们学习语言学的过程中,学习档案对其产生的影响。结果表明:学生的自主学习和反思学习意识大大增强;学习档案有力地督促了学生坚持规划和实施学习。多数学生对学习档案持认可态度。发现的问题有:尽管学生自主学习和反思学习的意识增强了,但还未来得及彻底转化为有效行动。有些学生未能充分理解这一形成性评价工具的目的和作用,影响了学习档案的效果。  相似文献   

高校科研绩效考评体系研究   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

董国新 《职业技术教育》2004,25(10):20-22

简述影响科研绩效的因子和绩效考评概况,阐明绩效考评需量化指标及量化考评的作用,提出指标体系建立的五大原则,论述高校常用的绩效考评体系建立的方法,认为应用激励机制对提升绩效和科研水平会起重要的作用.  相似文献   

我国财政政策设计中的问题研究     

熊毅 《绥化学院学报》2006,26(6):1-3

本文研究了我国的财政政策设计中的一些问题。主要表现在:一,由于未将满足经济发展和经济稳定的政府支出分开,结果造成财政政策力度难以衡量;二,由于政策目标定为经济增长,结果造成政策未能有效的通过经济目标的实现,推动社会总目标的实现;三,由于政策目标设定不合理,结果造成政策效应持续性差,经济增长对政策产生强烈的依赖性。  相似文献   

Approaches to Study and the Quality of Learning. Some Empirical Evidence from Engineering Education     

Vidar Gynnild  John Tyssedal  Lisa Lorentzen 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2005,3(4):587-607

In the late 1990s failure rates in a first-year introductory calculus course at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology reached peak levels. This paper reports on findings from an action research project that was set up in 2002/2003 to improve the situation. The study confirms that students approach their tasks differently which contributes to qualitatively different learning outcomes. Furthermore, patterns of achievement in mathematics and physics in secondary education keep reoccurring in the calculus course, even though the teaching and learning contexts are different. The paper does not provide any definite answer as to why groups of students get involved in distinctly different learning processes, and it will take further research to decide the nature of commitment to the learning tasks. However, inspired by the notion of ‘practices’ this paper raises a discussion about the role of intentionality in learning processes. When doing mathematics, students are also in a process of being engaged in and developing a practice. It is a major challenge for academic staff to contribute to communities of practice that are conducive to learning.  相似文献   

重点大学高考招生民族倾斜政策与边疆社会稳定之研究     

李倩 《湖北招生考试》2007,(4)

中国的重点大学拥有国家的主流文化意识和政治价值走向,且具有一流的学术水平和强大的师资队伍。因此,重点大学高考招生向边疆民族地区倾斜,对边疆民族地区的社会稳定和发展具有深远的政治战略意义,应引起我国教育部门的高度关注与重视。  相似文献   

"积极的财政政策"与促进经济持续增长的关系     

宋涛 《闽江学院学报》2003,24(1):69-72

“积极的财政政策”提出和实施有特殊的历史背景,是我国应对国际、国内严峻经济形势的一项及时重大取措,它的实质是以发行国家建设债券。用增加一部分财政赤字的办法来进行政府直接投资、带动其他投资、刺激消费、增加投资需求和消费需求,是以扩大内需为主的经济发展路子。辅以实施的是适度放宽的“稳健的货币政策”。人民收入增加,国内投资、消资市场旺盛。在未来的经济建设中应坚持这项重大决策。  相似文献