A Strategic Quality Assurance Framework in an African Higher Education Context

Autor/in	Ansah, Francis
Titel	A Strategic Quality Assurance Framework in an African Higher Education Context
Quelle	In: Quality in Higher Education, 21 (2015) 2, S.132-150 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1353-8322
DOI	10.1080/13538322.2015.1084720
Schlagwörter	Quality Assurance; Higher Education; Strategic Planning; Focus Groups; Interviews; Adoption (Ideas); Fidelity; Program Evaluation; Concept Formation; Alignment (Education); Context Effect; Qualitative Research; Program Validation; Educational Quality; Best Practices; Foreign Countries; Workshops; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitätssicherung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Qualitative Forschung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	This study is based on a pragmatist analysis of selected international accounts on quality assurance in higher education. A pragmatist perspective was used to conceptualise a logical internal quality assurance model to embed and support the alignment of graduate competencies in curriculum and assessment of Ghanaian polytechnics. Through focus group and in-depth interviews, the framework was evaluated by internal stakeholders including lecturers, students and administrators of the polytechnics. It was found that from a pragmatist perspective, quality assurance concepts and practices in higher education reported in the international literature could be used to design a context-specific quality assurance framework for higher education systems in Africa but there will be challenges with implementation of such a framework. The challenges found include quality culture and financial resources. Nonetheless, it was noted that effective planning and stakeholder commitment can surmount the challenges to ensure effective implementation of the framework to enhance quality. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01