What Can Be Learnt from Subject Review?

Autor/in	Ottewill, Roger
Titel	What Can Be Learnt from Subject Review?
Quelle	In: Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 13 (2005) 3, S.219-226 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-4883
DOI	10.1108/09684880510607954
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Quality Control; Business Administration Education; Educational Quality; Criticism; Educational Improvement; Evaluation Criteria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitätskontrolle; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Kritik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	Purpose: To consider the shortcomings and strengths of the subject review process with a view to identifying criteria that might be used to assess the value of externally administered quality assurance processes in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Use is made of material from a variety of secondary sources blended with personal reflections on the experience gained from undertaking a project for LTSN BEST (Business Education Support Team), the aim of which was to establish what could be learned from the content of the 164 subject review reports for business and management issued during 2000/2001. Findings: Much of the evidence indicates that subject review generated strong negative feelings on the part of many in higher education. However, while critics tended to make the running, there was an alternative point of view that was expressed a little more circumspectly. Practical implications: In shaping the quality assurance processes of the future, due account should be taken not only of the concerns of those who criticised subject review but also of the stance of its defenders. Originality/value: With the issue of quality remaining high on the higher education agenda, appraisals of past practice have an important part to play in guiding the way forward. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10