The Case for ACES Program Accreditation

This article traces the historical development of professional standards and highlights some of the issues that have surfaced in the development process. Traditional and existing accreditation procedures are described as well as recent trends in national accreditation that may be conducive to ACES-sponsored accreditation of preparation programs. State models of program accreditation by California ACES and Wisconsin ACES are described. The relationship between program accreditation and counselor licensure is discussed, and the implication is drawn that licensure may be the catalyst for professional-program accreditation. It is concluded that ACES is the most appropriate professional association to assume leadership in the area of accreditation, and a series of recommendations is made for implementing accreditation.     

AECT and NCATE

AECT is a committed partner with NCATE in its belief that every child in America has the right to be taught by a well-prepared, qualified teacher. AECT, always a strong proponent of accreditation and licensure, has been a strong ally and supporter of NCATE for over thirty years. In recent action, AECT’s Board of Directors reaffirmed its commitment to, partnership with, and acknowledgement of NCATE as the national organization that authorizes the professional accreditation programs that produce America’s teachers and other education specialists. We call upon all such programs to seek national accreditation     

商科专业硕士教育质量标准化内涵及指标筛选

在全球化背景中,对高层次应用人才有着旺盛需求的态势,中国高校商科专业硕士教育发展迅猛,质量水平参差不齐,需要关切高校商科专业硕士教育的质量保障和评估活动。在比较不同商科专业硕士教育的专项质量评估的基础上,对高校商科专业硕士教育质量标准化的内涵与外延进行辨析,从我国商科专业硕士教育实际出发,择取我国高校商科专业硕士教育质量标准化评估的指标体系,对我国高校商科专业硕士教育质量标准化评估活动提出发展建议。     

迈向单一认证:欧洲联合项目质量保障新变革北大核心CSSCI

欧洲联合项目质量认证长期以国家认证为主要方式,这种方式在立法与认证、过程与手段以及结果与认可三个方面存在显著的弊端。为了促进欧洲一体化,提升高等教育整体竞争力,欧洲委员会于2015年推出了一种新的"欧洲方法"——单一认证。与国家认证相比,单一认证具有兼顾标准的统一性与特殊性、节省时间和成本以及共同参与的优势,但其在实践过程中也遇到了制度、系统以及操作层面的障碍。反思单一认证的实践,欧洲各国在进行联合项目质量保障过程中,应充分认识联合项目的特殊性、建立与欧洲标准接轨的质量认证体系以及落实保障单一认证的实践行动。     

Computing Sciences Accreditation: A Cooperative Effort in CIS

The Computing Sciences Accreditation Board has accredited 65 programs since 1985. This accreditation has helped to define the field and the computer science profession. The information systems discipline is following much of the historical pattern of computer science. A review of recent efforts to establish accreditation standards for information systems is presented and a draft set of criteria are discussed. Alternative forms of accreditation, institutional vs. programmatic, are presented and discussed in the context of the history of computer science accreditation efforts. This effort is intended to stimulate discussion within the information systems community.     

美国学前教育质量认证研究——以全美幼教协会《早教项目标准及认证指标》为例

全美幼教协会（NAEYC）的早教项目认证是高质量学前教育的一个标志,以提高早教项目的质量为目标,认证体系设计了十项认证标准,建立了科学的四步认证流程,并提供了丰富的支持认证的资源。高水平的质量认证是学前教育健康发展的保证,借鉴美国的早教项目认证体系,我们应该关注学前教育质量评估的全面性、发展性,强化质量评估的支持环境建设,以推动我国学前教育质量的提升。     

THE GLOBALIZATION OF THE PROFESSIONS AND HIGHER EDUCATION: TRADE AGREEMENTS,NEW TECHNOLOGIES,AND THE QUALITY IMPERATIVE

The global marketplace and new technology are contributing to the rapid globalization of higher education. No longer is higher education provided solely within national borders. Transnational educational programmes, provided both by the higher education and the corporate sectors, can be found in multiple forms, provided both electronically and in traditional ways. Issues of quality, purpose, recognition, and responsibility abound in this new borderless educational arena, posing new challenges to the regulatory communities of accreditation, certification, and licensure, the three pillars of heretofore national quality and competency assurance among the professions of the world. It is the globalization of the professions and the need to provide common professional preparation which is the fastest moving justification for regional and global standards setting and accreditation. Institutions of higher education and their quality assurance processes that have already considered the need to incorporate regional or global standards of quality to improve internal competency and external competition will be in a better position to propel the purposes of the various trade agreements than those that have remained nationalistic and myopic in scope.     

Clues From Dinosaurs,Mules, and the Bull Snake: Our Field in the 21st Century

Delphine Hanna was a pioneer in both disciplinary scholarship and the establishment of professional programs. In this paper I contend that we must follow her example if we are to survive in the 21st century. In the past half century we have evolved from a profession primarily associated with teaching to a group of subdisciplines and many different professions. We got where we are as we both reacted to criticism and conformed to university concepts of centrality. For optimal development of both the disciplines and professions of kinesiology/physical education, it is suggested that we must become a field that includes both the disciplines and professions. The field should reward the many different roles equally in the pursuit of its common goals. We learn from nature and history that working together is critical for survival. By working together, we can make kinesiology/physical education the renaissance field of the 21st century.     

Diversifying Kinesiology: Untapped Potential of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Increasing the involvement of African Americans in the field of kinesiology has been an ever present issue. While many colleges and universities are making attempts to diversify their undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, many are finding this a difficult task due to the lack of minority undergraduate kinesiology majors pursuing advanced degrees. There is a body of evidence that suggests that kinesiology programs should find ways to recruit African American students to undergraduate and graduate programs as a basis for diversifying the field. The three related problems discussed in this article are: (a) how to attract quality African American physical education teacher education students to the field of kinesiology; (b) how to identify African American students with the potential to thrive in graduate level coursework; and (c) how to recruit exceptional African American students to participate in professional organizations, such as the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). Ultimately, I provide suggestions for recruiting African Americans to the field of kinesiology and ideas for involving them professionally in NAKHE.     

The Evaluation of Student Fitness Levels in Exercise Science and Physical Education Teacher Education Programs

The debate on whether kinesiology students should undergo fitness testing is controversial. Some are strong proponents of fitness testing, while others are in strong opposition. As advocates for fitness testing among kinesiology majors, we aimed to assess the fitness levels of Exercise Science and Physical Education Teacher Education majors and evaluate current physical education teacher education (PETE) fitness criterion. One hundred and sixteen participants (males N = 49; females N = 67) underwent health-related fitness assessments. 37% of males and 51% of females met PETE’s fitness criteria. Both groups performed significantly better in body fat percentage and upper body strength than PETE’s acceptable (average) standards; however, most were significantly lower than target (above average) standards. Presented are fitness passing criteria for PETE majors and fitness reporting that aids in improved fitness tracking and accountability. We also highlight the need for NASPE and SHAPE America to clearly define fitness expectations for PETE majors and encourage other kinesiology faculty to consider implementing fitness testing in their programs.     

The Public Face of Kinesiology in the 21st Century

Recent enrollment growth in kinesiology places it second among academic areas of study in higher education. This article addresses issues that have prompted that growth, will allow it to continue, and examines other likely changes in the field. A major factor in growth has been the value of kinesiology as a major for allied health professional programs such as physical therapy and occupational therapy. In general, this growth is good for the field but creates the need for added faculty and facilities, stressing the capacity of current doctoral programs in kinesiology. Questions also arise about the distribution of undergraduate majors with many more seeking allied health options rather than kinesiology’s traditional fields of fitness leadership and physical education teaching. Other topics addressed include the increasing use of lecturers rather than tenure/tenure-line faculty, large public versus smaller private universities, use of the kinesiology core (American Kinesiology Association), direction of kinesiology research (sport or health related), and the role of kinesiology in public health.     

From Standards to Licensure: Developing an Authentic Assessment for School Principals

The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium funded the development of a licensure assessment based on its Standards for School Leaders. But moving from a set of professional standards to a licensure assessment poses many challenges and raises difficult questions: Which standards should be assessed? How authentic should an authentic assessment be? How can licensure assessment help lead the field to a new pedagogical paradigm, when licensure has typically been reserved for protecting the public? This article explains these challenges and documents the methods used to meet them in the development of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment.     

澳大利亚全国职前教师教育鉴定制度述评

鉴定制度是教师教育质量保证和提高的有效机制.为了进一步提升教师教育的质量,建立教师队伍高标准资格框架,奠定教师持续性专业发展的坚实基础,前不久,澳大利亚教学与领导协会建立了一套全新的由毕业生标准和培养标准为基础的职前教师教育鉴定制度,以保证教师教育机构培养出合格胜任的新教师.文本勾勒了澳大利亚全国鉴定制度主要背景,对其基本框架和鉴定标准作了简要说明,并就该鉴定制度作了简要的分析.     

Disability Rights in Higher Education: Ensuring Kinesiology Program and Accreditation Standards Do Not Discriminate

The number of students with disabilities pursuing higher education is increasing; therefore, faculty and administrators have a growing need to understand their responsibilities in preventing discrimination against this population (Gamble, 2000). The purpose of this article is to articulate disability legislation mandates and applications to kinesiology personnel and program and accreditation standards. Based on antidiscriminatory statutes, institutions or academic programs must provide academic adjustments to a student with a disability, must give preference to the student's documented adjustment request, must provide accessibility to the program, and must have a grievance procedure for the student. To benefit from these stipulations, a student must self-identify, initiate the adjustment request, and provide documentation of the disability and needed adjustments.     

美国教师教育课程评价的策略与启示

美国通过评价来切实保障教师教育课程的质量。美国的教师教育课程评价大体可以分为教师教育机构外部专业组织开展的认证和机构内部的学生学习评价两部分。美国专业组织开展的教师教育认证由于标准的清晰性、人员的专业性、过程的规范性、结果的透明性,能够对教师教育专业及其课程起到重要的指导与监督作用。美国教师教育机构内的各门课程都非常重视对学生学习过程和结果的评价,作品评价、表现性评价和成长记录袋评价等评价策略得到广泛使用。这启发我们,应该重视对教师教育课程评价的研究并切实改进我们的评价实践。     

跨境教育服务贸易中质量认证:进展与趋势

文章论述了跨境教育贸易活动中质量认证的进展与趋势，介绍了UNESCO／OECD跨境教育服务中质量认证的情况，阐述了政府控制的贸易活动的加速发展及国际机构合作的加速和推出的有关认证上的国际标准，其中包括学历学分互换、专业资格认证、从业资格认证、认证组织及多边认证以及联合办学质量评估项目的安排，私立高等教育机构的认证，远程教育的质量认证。对于跨国教育服务贸易中质量认证的研究有一定的意义。     

Culture,Kinesiology, and the Free Society

In Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot asked whether culture should be understood as “essentially, the incarnation (so to speak) of the religion of a people.” By “incarnation,” Eliot meant that “what we believe is not merely what we formulate and subscribe to, but that behavior is also belief.” It is, Eliot insisted, our actions, and not merely our ideas, which matter. Together, our actions and our ideas embody and then give life to culture. “Religion” is, no doubt, a contested term. For present purposes, all that needs to be conceded to make Eliot’s point worth pursuing is that every culture has some conception of the good, the true, and the beautiful, which it promotes, encourages, and thereby cultivates. What implications does this have for kinesiology? I will examine three points. First, the discipline of kinesiology cannot be abstracted from the culture in which it finds itself, without becoming an anti-culture. This fact means that kinesiology must necessarily attend to the ways in which physical activity is embedded in the historical, anthropological, sociological, and philosophical foundations of society. Second, kinesiology contributes to the cultivation or brutalization of society. This results from the attention paid (or not paid) to the question of truth in the field. Such attention to truth requires recognition of the epistemological limits of science as well as to the importance of free-will, choice, and example. Finally, kinesiologists must be willing to cultivate and defend intellectual freedom as part of a free society. A free society allows for a diversity of opinions, not as end in itself, but as the vehicle by which fallible human beings approach the truth.