the path to quality teahcing in higher education

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1、THEPATHTOQUALITYTEACHINGINHIGHEREDUCATIONByFabriceHenardandSoleineLeprince-RinguetAbouttheauthorsFabriceHenardisananalystattheOECD,fortheprogrammeInstitutionalManagementforHigherEducation(IMHE).SoleineLeprince-RinguetisagraduatestudentcurrentlypursuingadoubleMastersdegreef

2、romtheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceandfromSciencesPoParis.ShewasaninternattheOECDfromOctober2007toJune2008.1ABSTRACT1.ThisreviewofliteratureonQualityTeachingaimstoprovideatheoreticalbackgroundtotheOECD-IMHEprojectonthequalityofteachinginhighereducation.Ithighl

3、ightsthemaindebatesonthetopictodate,hopingtopresentthedifferentperspectivesthatexistonthetopicofqualityinteaching.Thereviewoftheliteratureisorganizedinthreemainpartsastoaddressthreemajorquestions:1)“WhatisQualityTeachingandwhyisitimportantinhighereducation?”2)“Howcanteachi

4、ngconcretelybeenhanced?”3)“HowcanonemakesureQualityTeachinginitiativesareeffective?”2.Qualityteachinghasbecomeanissueofimportanceasthelandscapeofhighereducationhasbeenfacingcontinuouschanges:increasedinternationalcompetition,increasingsocialandgeographicaldiversityofthestu

5、dentbody,increasingdemandsofvalueformoney,introductionofinformationtechnologies,etc.3.Butqualityteachinglacksacleardefinition,becausequalitycanberegardedasanoutcomeoraproperty,orevenaprocess,andbecauseconceptionsofteachingqualityhappentobestakeholderrelative.Theimpactofres

6、earch,ofthe“scholarshipofteaching”andoflearningcommunitiesonteachingqualityisdiscussedhere.4.Qualityteachinginitiativesareverydiversebothinnatureandinfunction.Theroleoftheprofessors,ofthedepartment,ofthecentraluniversityandofthestateisanalyzed,aswellasthegoalsandthescopeof

7、theseinitiatives.5.Choosingreliableandquantifiableindicatorstoassessthequalityofone’steachingandtheefficiencyofteachinginitiativesremainschallenging.Variousmethodsandtheirefficiencyarediscussedhere.Thefactorsthatdeterminewhetherappropriateuseismadeofthefeedbackprovidedarea

8、lsobroughtintodiscussion.RESUME6.Cetterevuedelalittératureapourbutdefourniruncadrethéoriq