Student Assessment of Quality of Engineering Education in India: Evidence from a Field Survey

Autor/in	Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar
Titel	Student Assessment of Quality of Engineering Education in India: Evidence from a Field Survey
Quelle	In: Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 27 (2019) 1, S.103-126 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-4883
DOI	10.1108/QAE-02-2015-0004
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Engineering Education; Educational Quality; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Teaching Methods; Student Participation; Student Evaluation; Skills; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Evaluation Methods; Learning Activities; Higher Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ingenieurausbildung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Skill; Fertigkeit; Privathochschule; Lernaktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Indien
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to discuss students' assessment of quality related issues in engineering education in India. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses primary survey data of 1,178 undergraduate engineering students in Delhi, India, in 2009-2010. Students' experience and views of four important aspects such as teaching methods used in the classroom, evaluation pattern, skills acquired by students during the course and the involvement of students in different activities other than classroom teaching are discussed using descriptive statistics and correlation to examine the quality issues. Findings: The study finds that the lecture method is still dominant in the teaching and learning of engineering institutions compared to technical demonstration and laboratory work. Around half of the engineering students reported that they had never gone through any field work or industrial visits during their entire program of study. Involvement of students in the activities other than classroom teaching (e.g. working on research projects, attending engineering internships, studying a foreign language and opting for interdisciplinary courses) is more prevalent in government institutions compared to private institutions. The findings suggest that engineering institutions (particularly private colleges) should change their focus from traditional methods of teaching and evaluation of students to interactive methods of learning to improve the quality of technical education in India. Originality/value: The literature reveals that the quality assessment of engineering and technical education in India is largely based on the information collected from stakeholders other than students. Therefore, this study contributes a new dimension to the existing literature by considering students' assessment of the quality of engineering education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01