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Direct linkRosa, Maria João; Cardoso, Sónia; Videira, Pedro – Tertiary Education and Management, 2020
In many countries, quality assurance systems rely on study programme accreditation. As with all quality assurance mechanisms, accreditation should also be continuously improved in order to maintain its relevance as a promoter of study programme quality. A way to move accreditation forward is by taking into account academics' views, interests and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Faculty, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Videira, Pedro; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
This paper analyses teaching and non-teaching staff perceptions on the implementation of internal quality assurance (QA) practices at their higher education institutions. The aim is to understand how far different perspectives on quality -- as culture, as compliance or as consistency -- are reflected in the views of these two groups on such…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Videira, Pedro; Amaral, Alberto – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to look at the characteristics of internal quality assurance (IQA) systems of higher education institutions to understand whether these systems tend to reproduce a given model, externally defined and suggested to institutions, or rather to be shaped by institutions' features and interests. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Videira, Pedro – Quality in Higher Education, 2018
Academics' support for quality assurance (QA) depends on several factors, including their sense of ownership, which seems to be influenced by academics' participation in QA's implementation. This paper aims to understand whether this participation is indeed contributing to academics' ownership of QA. Findings from a survey of Portuguese academics'…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Teacher Participation, Program Implementation, Accreditation (Institutions)
Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Stensaker, Bjørn – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Quality assurance is currently an established activity in Europe, driven either by national quality assurance agencies or by institutions themselves. However, whether quality assurance is perceived as actually being capable of promoting quality is still a question open to discussion. Based on three different views on quality derived from the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Cardoso, Sónia; Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2015
In recent years, initiatives for the improvement of teaching quality have been pursued both at European and national levels. Such is the case of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) and of legislation passed by several European countries, including Portugal, in response to European policy developments driven by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Teacher Effectiveness, College Faculty
