Improving Quality Assurance in European Vocational

ISBN 10: 9048181496 / ISBN 13: 9789048181490

Published by Springer, 2010

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Synopsis:

The aim of this book is to find out when educational institutions do transform Quality Assurance data into actions to improve performance, and how the use of such data can be promoted. The volume discusses Quality Assurance processes in six European countries.

From the Back Cover:

Many resources are invested in the development and introduction of Quality Assurance Systems in educational institutions all over the world. Our assumption is that, as a result of quality assurance activities, practitioners obtain information about their own functioning and institutional performance which is new and valuable to them and which therefore will form a basis for them to improve performance. This assumption proves to be naïve; too often performance feedback is under-utilized, and evaluations become void, legitimizing rites instead of a basis for organizational learning and the improvement of institutions.

The aim of this book was to find out when educational institutions do transform Quality Assurance data into actions to improve performance, and how the use of such data can be promoted. This volume reports on the study of Quality Assurance structures and activities in 36 educational institutes in 6 European Countries and presents guidelines for Quality Assurance.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Improving Quality Assurance in European ...
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Brand New