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Quality assurance for university teaching

edited by Roger Ellis

(SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins)

Open University Press, 1993

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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"The Society for Research into Higher Education."

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780335190256

Description

Assuring quality for teaching in a time of rapid change is the major challenge facing UK universities. This practical book combines review chapters with case studies within a number of comparative perspectives. The book is organized around three themes. First there are descriptions of approaches to quality assurance. These include case studies from universities of TQM and BS5750, course validation and review, student evaluation and institutional research, together with reviews of relevant approaches from industry and health care. Quality assurance based on professionalism is also considered. Secondly, the characteristics of quality teaching are addressed, including summaries of research evidence, the results of a participant study, standards generated by quality circles of staff and students and a description of distinguished teaching awards in the UK and USA. Thirdly, approaches to the development of university teachers are covered including teaching training, staff development, appraisal and the enterprise initiative.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Assuring quality issues and approaches a British standard for university teaching? Total Quality Management through BS5750 - a case study quality assurance in health care - the implications for university teaching quality assurance through course validation and review assuring quality through student evaluation institutional research and quality assurance a professional model for quality institutional research and quality assurance a professional model for quality Part 2 Identifying quality teaching styles of award-winning professors the first distinguished teaching award in the UK expert teachers' perceptions of university teaching teaching standards from quality circles effective teaching Part 3 Developing quality appraisal schemes staff development and quality assurance teacher training for university teachers? quality in teaching and the encouragement of enterprise
Volume

: hard ISBN 9780335190263

Description

Assuring quality for teaching in a time of rapid change is the major challenge facing UK universities. This practical book combines review chapters with case studies within a number of comparative perspectives. The book is organized around three themes. First there are descriptions of approaches to quality assurance. These include case studies from universities of TQM and BS5750, course validation and review, student evaluation and institutional research, together with reviews of relevant approaches from industry and health care. Quality assurance based on professionalism is also considered. Secondly, the characteristics of quality teaching are addressed, including summaries of research evidence, the results of a participant study, standards generated by quality circles of staff and students and a description of distinguished teaching awards in the UK and USA. Thirdly, approaches to the development of university teachers are covered including teaching training, staff development, appraisal and the enterprise initiative.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Assuring quality: issues and approaches
  • a British standard for university teaching?
  • Total Quality Management through BS5750 - a case study
  • quality assurance in health care - the implications for university teaching
  • quality assurance through course validation and review
  • assuring quality through student evaluation
  • institutional research and quality assurance
  • a professional model for quality
  • insitutional research and quality assurance
  • a professional model for quality. Part 2 Identifying quality: teaching styles of award-winning professors
  • the first distinguished teaching award in the UK
  • expert teachers' perceptions of university teaching
  • teaching standards from quality circles
  • effective teaching. Part 3 Developing quality: appraisal schemes
  • staff development and quality assurance
  • teacher training for university teachers?
  • quality in teaching and the encouragement of enterprise.

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