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Creemers, Bert; Kyriakides, Leonidas – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
This paper argues that the dynamic model of educational effectiveness can be used to establish stronger links between educational effectiveness research (EER) and school improvement. It provides research evidence to support the validity of the model. Thus, the importance of using the dynamic model to establish an evidence-based and theory-driven…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Educational Improvement
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Ozturgut, Osman – Current Issues in Education, 2011
The economic modernization drive of the 21st century has not only fostered the growth of a market economy but has also created the need for a structural change in education (Zha, 2006). Mok (2009) explains that when the Chinese government realized that the state alone could not keep up with the increasing demand for higher education, it allowed…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Free Enterprise System, Integrity, Educational Quality
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Al Attiyah, Asma; Khalifa, Batoul – Quality in Higher Education, 2009
This paper presents a brief overview of Qatar University's history since it was started in 1973. Its primary focus is on the various small, but important, steps taken by the University to address the needs of quality assurance and enhancement. The Qatar University Reform Plan is described in detail. Its aims are to continually improve the quality…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Sauber, Matthew H.; McSurely, Hugh B.; Tummala, V. M. Rao – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to show the process of designing and measuring learning competencies in program development. Design/methodology/approach: The paper includes cross-sectoral comparisons to draw on programmatic and pedagogical strategies, more commonly utilized in vocational education, and transfer the application of these strategies into…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Textbooks, Quality Control
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McDonald, Ria; van der Horst, Helen – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2007
The democratization of South Africa has necessitated a transformation of the education system. The current transformational landscape of higher education in South Africa requires that basic curriculum concepts, and principles be rediscovered and, rethought with a view to ensuring that future educational practice is based on sound, and proven…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Needs
Strydom, A. H.; Holtzhausen, Somarie – 2001
This case study evaluated the development, partial implementation, and review of an institutional and operational approach to quality management that was developed, during a decade of radical political change, at the University of the Orange Free State, resulting in the rapid transformation of higher education institutions in South African. Phase…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Havelock, Ronald; And Others – 1978
Six papers focusing on educational change in occupational education are presented. The first paper, by Ronald Havelock, provides a historical review of innovation research models and discusses how the various models have progressed culminating in the Linkage Model. The next three papers address conceptual issues in innovation research. The paper…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Innovation
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van Meel, Rosita; de Wolf, Henk – European Journal of Education, 1994
A discussion of Dutch higher vocational education (HVE) looks at the place of HVE in the overall postsecondary system, its system of governance, its role in the reorganization of higher education, and efforts at innovation. Part-time programs are seen as a likely way to serve needs and cut costs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Demand, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality
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Mullendore, Richard H.; Wang, Li-Shing – New Directions for Student Services, 1996
Describes the evolution of a model, developed by student affairs officials, which outlines a planning process for implementing Total Quality Management. Presents step-by-step instructions for the model's deployment and discusses such issues as transitions, planning forms, goals, and professional and personal growth needs. (RJM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Behar, Linda S. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
Higher education institutions can enhance school reform by establishing accountability measures for professional preparation of curriculum specialists. The article describes a knowledge base of curriculum domains and related practices. A quantifiable compendium of operationalized behaviors and skills can help establish frameworks for program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Change
Atkinson, Tim – 1990
Quality circles (QCs) are small volunteer groups of workers who meet weekly with a trained leader operating to a strict code of conduct. They use techniques of brainstorming, cause and effect classification, pareto analysis, and presentation to consider work-related problems and recommend solutions to management. QCs have been tried in educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Research
Oregon State Economic Development Dept., Salem. – 1993
The Oregon Advanced Technology Consortium (OATC) created the Partnerships for Quality Project (PQP) to improve Oregon's community colleges by developing a total quality curriculum (TQC) based on the beliefs and practices of total quality management (TQM). This report summarizes the recommendations of the PQP and presents a plan of action for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Bragg, Debra D.; And Others – 1992
This guide provides perspectives about Technical Preparation (tech prep) from personnel representing the 50 state agencies and many local consortia. The guide also explores an approach to implementing tech prep based on the concept of total quality management (TQM). Each chapter begins with an overview that provides background, a summary, and list…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Change
Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 1999
This white paper outlines a proposed framework for post-16 learning in England. Chapter 1 discusses the principles underpinning the new policy, which are as follows: investing in learning to benefit everyone; lifting barriers to learning; putting people first; sharing responsibility with employers, employees, and the community; achieving world…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies
Newton, Jethro – 2000
The prospects for managing the tension between accountability and improvement in further and higher education (FHE) were examined through a literature review and a 5-year ethnographic study of a change management project at a higher education college in Wales. Special attention was paid to the following challenges facing FHE: globalization; the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education