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Heggs, Daniel A.; Mercer, Jenny M.; Durniat, Kasia – Psychology Teaching Review, 2011
In this article, the authors offer an account of a free-ranging discussion highlighting common features of psychology provision and that considers the differences between two departments and two distinct programmes. The discussion took place between ERASMUS partners during a Teacher Exchange visit to the University of Wroclaw, Poland, in March…
Descriptors: Institutions, Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, Psychology
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Hargreaves, Janet – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2008
Higher education in the UK espouses to develop intelligence and critical skills in undergraduates. To do this requires exposing students to challenge and thus risk. However, current models of quality assurance are risk-averse and thus potentially limit the scope of creative learning and teaching strategies. Using two case studies, this paper…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Quality Control, Ethics, Teaching Methods
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Abbas, Andrea; McLean, Monica – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
Systems designed to ensure that teaching and student learning are of a suitable quality are a feature of universities globally. Quality assurance systems are central to attempts to internationalise higher education, motivated in part by a concern for greater global equality. Yet, if such systems incorporate comparisons, the tendency is to reflect…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Quality Control, Justice
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Falatoonzadeh, Hamid; Bailey, Sandra K. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1997
Reviews the debate over using Total Quality Management (TQM) in the college classroom. Argues that TQM can be effective if it is properly used. Discusses five phases for easing TQM implementation, and argues that most teachers already use some or all of the five phases when they teach. (AJL)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies, Quality Control
Harvey, Wayne – 1985
Designed to address the management and use of computer software in education and training, this paper explores both good and poor software design, calling for improvements in the quality of educational software by attending to design considerations that are based on general principles of learning rather than specific educational objectives. This…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Style, Courseware, Design Requirements
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Harvey, Lee – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2005
Purpose: To provide a history of the emergence of quality systems from the mid-1980s. To show how quality became a primary policy concern in higher education policy. To map the development of quality processes and raise questions about dominant approaches and express concerns for the future. Design/methodology/approach: Historical document…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Yang, Mei-Ling – 1988
This paper explains the principles involved in tape editing and recording for foreign language teaching and in the assessment of the quality of the finished product. Three major points involved in tape making are discussed: (1) compilation of a listening text (requires familiarity with foreign language learning and teaching, as well as an…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Audiotape Recordings, Developing Nations, Evaluation Methods
Elmore, Richard F. – AAHE Bulletin, 1989
C. Roland Christensen's 13 sessions on "Teaching and the Case Method" are discussed. This collection of cases and readings on teaching with the case method in graduate professional programs and in the liberal arts is a statement of the rationale, methods, and recurring problems of the case method. It has much to say, also, about teaching and…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction
Lewis, Roger – 1993
This paper, written from a British perspective, looks at "new" methods of learning that are transforming higher education teaching and learning and at some issues in quality control that arise from these rapid changes. The author notes that in the past new methods have often mistakenly been hailed as the panacea of current educational problems but…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Instruction, Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment
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Vest, Charles M. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2006
In this article, the author cites the many questions familiar to all who ponder the role of the university in the modern world. Among them are the following: (1) What is the appropriate use of "educational technology" in teaching, learning, and scholarship?; (2) What will be the nature of globalization of higher education?; (3) Will the Internet…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Courseware, Educational Innovation
Sullivan, Edward A. – 1993
This paper outlines the application of Total Quality Management to schools and describes schools that are representative of the national trend toward Schools of Quality or Quality Schools. The traditional preparation program for teachers and administrators is described as being driven by certification requirements of the state departments of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Education Majors, Educational Quality, Educational Technology
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Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
The transcript of a debate within a group of specialists in translation is presented. The discussion addresses: translator "visibility" in translations and reader reception; the relationship of functionalism in translation, comparative linguistics, and intercultural communication; the client's power; literary translation; the…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Higher Education