Search results for "educational quality"
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Questions d'alphabétisation dans le contexte africain
2012
Despite the proportion of illiterate people in sub-Saharan Africa having declined between 1985 and 2008, the number of illiterates has actually increased during the period. It is within this context, that since April 2000, the international community has been committed to six Education for All goals. One of these goals is to achieve a 50 per cent improvement in adult literacy levels by 2015. This thesis aims to analyse how primary education and literacy programs (two processes on which educational policy can intervene) enable the populations of sub-Saharan Africa to acquire basic reading skills. In the vast majority of African countries, the analysis based on household surveys shows that sc…
Bases de données internationales sur la qualité de l'éducation (1964/2005)
2006
06032; Dans ce travail de recherche, nous utilisons une méthode qui nous permet d'obtenir des indicateursqualitatifs du capital humain (IQCH), pour 105 pays, et pour chaque domaine de compétence(mathématiques, sciences, lecture) mesuré à travers l'ensemble des enquêtes internationalesd'acquis des élèves. Cette méthode repose sur la possibilité d'un re-calibrage des résultats d'uneenquête par rapport à une autre en ancrant les résultats sur les pays qui ont participé à au moinsdeux enquêtes différentes. Elle nous permet de construire des indicateurs de qualité du capitalhumain comparables pour plus grand nombre de pays comparé à ce qui est actuellement disponibledans la littérature. Nous obt…
Instructional support predicts children’s task avoidance in kindergarten
2011
Abstract This study examined the role of observed classroom quality in children's task-avoidant behavior and math skills in kindergarten. To investigate this, 1268 children were tested twice on their math skills during their kindergarten year. Kindergarten teachers ( N = 137) filled in questionnaires measuring their professional experience and also rated the children on their task-avoidant versus task-focused behaviors. Trained observers used the CLASS instrument ( Pianta, La Paro, & Hamre, 2008 ) to observe 49 kindergarten teachers (out of 137) on their emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support. The results of multilevel modeling showed that kindergarten classro…
Why (not) assess? Views from the academic departments of Finnish universities
2010
In Europe, national quality assurance systems of higher education have begun to be established. In Finland, this development has had the consequence of forcing universities to take notice of assessment procedures. However, little is known about the procedures taking place in individual academic departments as a result of this pan‐European trend. This article describes how academics currently comprehend quality assessment, paying particular attention to self‐evaluations and quality assurance systems. Altogether, the paper casts light on how academics are responding to the increasing university assessment activities.
2018
The objective of this article is to study some of the intended and unintended effects on academe of the evolving global ranking game. I will start with some broader points on the global ranking gam...
Everlasting Friends and Enemies? Finnish University Personnel’s Perceptions of Internal Quality Assurance in 2010 and 2017
2019
Even though quality assurance has played a role in European higher education for decades by now, it is still a topic of great discord. While several studies have focused on the initiation phase of ...
¿Qué representan las portadas de los libros de texto de Educación Física en Primaria? (What do the covers of the textbooks of Physical Education in P…
2018
Este estudio analiza la imagen del cuerpo representado en las portadas de los libros de texto de Educación Física vinculado a un tipo de actividad física, para comprobar si se ajustan a las directrices que marca la legislación actual con respecto a los materiales curriculares. El estudio es de tipo empírico, descriptivo y comparativo entre los libros de texto analizados. La muestra estuvo constituida por 12 portadas de dos editoriales, publicadas bajo la Ley Orgánica 8/2013 para la Mejora de la Calidad Educativa (LOMCE). La técnica de investigación fue el análisis de contenido a través de la herramienta SAIMEF (Sistema de Análisis de Imágenes en Educación Física). Se realizó un análisis des…
Educational sciences and pedagogy in the changing world
2002
Krājums sastāv no 5 daļām: 1. Izglītības vadība un starptautiskie salīdzinošie izglītības pētījumi. 2. Vispārējās pedagoģijas uzdevumi jaunajos sabiedriskajos apstākļos. 3. Mācību priekšmetu metodikas aktuālās problēmas. 4. Literatūrzinātne un valodniecība. 5. Psiholoģija.
Evaluation and Quality Assurance in Finnish and Italian Universities in the Bologna Process
2008
Abstract The purpose of the study is to describe the evaluation and quality assurance practices employed in the basic units of Finnish and Italian universities and analyse the impact of the Bologna process on quality assessment. The data consist of interviews (n=30) conducted in Finland and Italy. The results suggest that: (1) evaluation and quality assurance were primarily seen in connection with the educational provision of the university; (2) although the respondents were familiar with evaluation, they were unsure about the procedures and effects of quality assurance in their unit; and (3) despite the harmonising aim of the Bologna process, evaluation, and quality assurance appeared to m…
Izglītības kvalitāte un vadība
2000
Krājumā ietvertos rakstus vieno centieni sekmēt izglītības kvalitātes celšanu. Tai pakļauta izglītības politika, izglītības efektivitāte, sistemoloģija izglītībā, izglītības salīdzinošās novērtēšanas metodes, reģionālo īpatnību ievērošana, informātika augstskolās, sasniegumi matemātikā, mākslas izglītībā u.c. Gandrīz visos rakstos atbalsojas ārzemju pieredze izglītībā un izglītības salīdzinošs izvērtējums.