高校内部质量保证工作:专业培养计划的设计

论述本科和研究生专业培养计划的设计总则,精选外国高校在设计方面的范例,说明以学习产出为主线的专业培养计划的基本内容;提出以学生为本,全面贯彻知识、能力、人格教育的新型专业培养计划的设计原则。     

加拿大高校学生学习成果评估的内容、方法及启示

作为全球第二个实现高等教育普及化的高等教育强国,加拿大高校学生学习成果评估体系富有特色:在评估内容方面,构建起了高等教育系统、院校以及学科(专业)等不同层面的学生学习成果体系;在评估方法方面,形成了由标准化测试、评价量规、表现性评估以及问卷调查等四种类型构成的多元化学生学习成果评估方法体系。其对我国的启示是:构建和完善高校学生学习成果评估的内容体系,为学生学习成果评估奠定共识基础;开发多元化的学生学习成果评估方法与工具,提高评估活动的科学性;加强以结果为导向的评估制度建设,促使学习成果评估常态化。     

我国高职教育质量保障体系的梳理与修正

我国高职教育经历十几年的发展后,正进入到全面转型期,高职教育发展从规模扩张到内涵发展、从无序竞争到示范引领、从简单复制到多元创新的全新变化,要求创新质量保障体系。我国当前高职教育质量保障体系总体运行是平稳有效的,呈现出从同质评价到主动变革、从单一评价到多维参与、从借鉴评价到渐具特色的时代特点,但也存在不少困境,需要通过树立高职教育质量保障文化理念、建构高职教育质量保障职责体系、形成总体质量标准体系等,不断修正当前的高职教育质量保障体系,以促进高职教育的可持续发展。     

External peer review of assessment: an effective approach to verifying standards?

There is growing international concern to regulate and assure standards in higher education. External peer review of assessment, often called external examining, is a well-established approach to assuring standards. Australian higher education is one of several systems without a history of external examining for undergraduate programmes that is currently considering the approach. What can entrants to external examining at that level learn from the UK higher education system's long history of external examining? To that end, this paper reports on a mixed methods research project designed to investigate current practices in how academic standards are conceived, constructed and applied by external examiners and debates the implications of the findings for the development of external examining in other countries. The findings suggest that the potential of experienced peers in a subject discipline to provide the assurance of standards is limited. It concludes by presenting various possible enhancements that might be considered.     

论以学习为中心的成人高教质量保障

随着成人高等教育规模的日益扩大,成人高等教育的质量问题逐渐凸现,质量保障已成为成人高等教育研究的焦点问题.本文对成人高等教育质量保障研究中盛行的管理主义进行了反思和批判,提出成人高等教育质量保障的中心在于学习,并就如何确立以学习为中心的质量保障模式进行初步探讨.     

美国高校关于学生学习结果评估的论争

学生学习结果评估能直接反映高校教学质量和学生学习状况,是高等教育质量保障的重要一环。美国高校较早开展了学生学习结果评估,但教师和管理者对评估的理解存在差异。从对威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校24位教师和管理者的访谈情况来看,教师与管理者在评估目的、评估方法、评估结果、评估有效性等维度上存在“问责”与“改进”、“评定成绩”与“元分析”、“结果”与“后果”、“做评估”与“使用评估结果”等方面的论争。     

‘Please remember we are not all brilliant’: undergraduates’ experiences of an elite,research‐intensive degree at a research‐intensive university

Undergraduate research experiences are being incorporated into degree programs with increasing frequency. However, there has been little study into their effectiveness in preparing students for research or into the learning gains that students realise from one or more research experiences. We surveyed science students in an elite, research‐based undergraduate degree program at a research‐intensive university. These students complete six research projects during their degree and we aimed to delineate factors that students perceive as leading to either good or bad experiences. Two factors stand out as contributing to a successful research experience: the supervisor, with students reporting both pedagogic and affective benefits of good supervision; and the feeling that they are doing authentic science. Surprisingly, given the research‐intensive nature of this degree, the learning gains students report relate to both an appreciation of what research is like and life skills, such as time management, rather than scientific thinking skills.     

我国高职院校教育质量内部保障:困境与对策

随着我国高职教育从单纯的规模扩张进入内涵式发展的重要时期,人们对高职教育质量保障的关注持续升温,高职教育质量保障成为重要话题。学校是教育教学质量的第一责任主体,伴随学校办学自主权的扩大,高职院校要强化质量意识,加强质量保障体系的建设,应从高职院校教育质量内部保障着手。高职院校教育质量内部保障对促进高职院校内涵式发展、寻求内在创新和质量提升具有重要意义。目前,我国高职院校教育质量内部保障主要面临着理念保障、输入保障、过程保障和输出保障四个层面的困境。因此,从这四个层面提出高职院校教育质量内部保障的优化策略。     

高校内部质量保证工作:专业监控

论述专业监控的总则、监控的目的和任务、监控的内容和程序,以及监控报告等;精选外国高校在专业监控方面的范例,供国内高校质量保证工作借鉴和参考.     

美国“学生学习成果评估”研究评析

1980年代评估运动以来,随着学生学习成果评估在美国高等教育领域的开展,学界对这一质量保障方式的理论研究也日益丰富。研究内容主要包括学生学习成果评估相关概念的界定、学生学习成果评估的历史演进、学生学习成果评估的运行机制、学生学习成果评估的理念之争等四个方面。美国现有的学生学习成果评估研究的成果可谓卷帙浩繁,但相关理论探讨和实践摸索依旧在路上。这一方面说明学生学习成果评估正走向专业化、科学化,另一方面也说明学生学习成果评估实践为理论研究提供了丰富的研究资源。     

高校专业培养计划设计

受英国现行专业规格的启发,本文提出了一种专业培养计划的新方案,旨在全面落实素质教育的三个方面,即知识、能力和人格.在计划中引入学生学习产出的概念,由此出发制订培养目标、教学方法和学生评价方法.由于第二课堂在素质教育中不可或缺的作用,宜将第二课堂活动引入培养计划.     

Learning for an unknown context: a comparative case study on some Swedish and Polish Political Science students' experiences of the transition from university to working life

This comparative small‐scale (Swedish and Polish sample) longitudinal qualitative study investigates political science students' conceptions of their studies, their future profession and their workplace learning. The students (10 in Sweden and 11 in Poland) were interviewed twice, first when they were at the end of their studies and a second time when they had worked for approximately one year. The questions asked were designed to try to understand the transition from higher education to work life. The results indicate that they bring with them a set of academic generic skills from their education when they enter working life. Furthermore, the students in the two countries have very different perceptions of the subject Political Science, and the expectations they have regarding their studies and future working life also differ considerably.     

远程高等教育的质量保证——访印度尼西亚远程教育学者艾米鲁汀·祖哈利博士

质量一直是远程高等教育发展过程中一个永恒的话题。世界上诸多的远程教育机构,尤其是那些位于发展中国家的远程教育机构都在努力为更多的学习者提供成本相对低廉的优质教育。为了让读者更好的了解远程教育的质量保证,我们有幸采访了印度尼西亚国立开放大学质量保证中心主任艾米鲁汀·祖哈利博士,从中较详细地了解了他们在质量保证方面所做的努力。