scholarly journals Degree Accreditation in Canada

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-96
Author(s):  
Dave Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Accreditation Process ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Provincial Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Level ◽  
Level Institution ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
University Settings

Until recently, the meaning and origin of the Canadian university degree was well understood by Canadians and around the world. Degrees were only offered by universities and the use of the label university was controlled by legislation in each of the ten provinces and three territories. Institutional membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada signified that an institution was a university-level institution. However, the increased demand in the last two decades of the 20th century for access to university-level degrees has resulted in the provincial-level approval of degrees that are offered in non-university settings. As a result of the increased proliferation of these non-university delivered degrees, the provincial-level degree accreditation processes and the university-level degree granting standards, as represented in the membership criteria for AUCC, are no longer aligned. In this paper, the author traces the changes in degree granting in Canada over the past 15 years or so. Current provincial policies and recent decisions regarding degree granting are outlined. The author suggests a number of implications of the current degree accreditation process in Canada, including the emergence of a new kind of tiering of Canadian undergraduate degrees where different degree accreditation processes have led to different degrees with different meaning and value to the student. In order to protect both the student consumer and the currency of the Canadian undergraduate degree, the author recommends the development of national standards to define both a university-level institution and the quality of the degree it delivers.

scholarly journals Teaching Competencies of Language Teachers in Research Universities in Beijing: Perspectives from SoTL and Institutional Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4943
Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Fugui Ye ◽  
Xiumei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Research Universities ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Teaching Competencies ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Level ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
The University

Though professional development of language teachers has received increasing attention over the past decade, there is a lack of research on development of language teachers’ teaching competencies in research universities. Informed by the institutional perspective and the framework of Scholarship of Teaching, this study investigates the development of 16 language teachers’ teaching competencies in Beijing research universities. The findings show that language teachers’ teaching competencies include English proficiency, professional ethics, pedagogical content knowledge, reflective thinking, and research-informed teaching. Factors influencing language teachers’ teaching competencies range from the department level to the university level and the academia level. Pathways are proposed from the cultural-cognitive perspective, the normative perspective, and the regulative perspective to develop teaching competencies of language teachers.

scholarly journals Economic and Higher Education Partnership of Hungary and Kazakhstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinga Magdolna Mandel ◽  
Anargul Belgibayeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Communications ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

The aim of our research was to describe, compare, and analyze the development of business and educational co-operation between Kazakhstan and Hungary over the past 19 years. The research was prompted by the university-level co-operation between the two countries that star ted in 2018, which was made possible by the strategic partnership that is the topic of the present article. We started from the hypothesis that both business and educational co-operation has developed linearly and significantly during the last 19 years. Our research methodology was based on gathering and analyzing secondary macroeconomic, trade, and educational co-operation data in the period between 2011 and 2020. The data were obtained from publications, national offices (statistical, commerce, and education), and international bodies (like TempusPublic Foundation, Eurostat, International Monetary Fund [IMF], and the World Bank). In this paper, we intend to link the main political, social, and macroeconomic endowments with business and educational developments of partnership in the two countries, trying to map out prospects for co-operation. One conclusion is that, although in the political communications of the two countries we were able to identify significant governmental efforts on both sides to support and enforce economic and educational co-operation, the data indicate a decrease in the size of business investments. At the same time, however, the educational co-operation between the two parties continues to develop further.

scholarly journals Information literacy in Portugal

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Malheiro da Silva ◽  
Viviana Fernández Marcial
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
University Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Science ◽  
University Level ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

A paper present some data about a project which, although focused on the specific case of Portugal, intents to make a scientific approach of the challenges of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and its impact in the field of the information literacy, considering the actual context of the Information Society. The main questions that it intents to answer are: understand how the university students face the new competences required by the creation of the EHEA; know how these students are prepared in terms of information competences, in three different moments, i.e., prior to the university, during the university frequency period and at the end of the university degree. The inter and transdiscisplinary approach between the Education, Cognitive Sciences and Information Science are clearly stated in the epistemological and theoretical model that supports it, profiting of the interaction between information needs produced in the educational context and the student’s informational universe and its dynamics, without forgetting to consider the connections of student’s informational behavior with their personal and social context and demands. The study will be performed on a national scale, in order to allow comparisons between regions with different development levels. The sample will include students from both study cycles. The methodology used in this study will be divided in two areas, qualitative and quantitative research. The qualitative research will permit to obtain precious indicators about the students’ information behavior, expectations, needs and use of information. The indicators obtained in qualitative research will be used to design questionnaires, which will to be performed in 17 high schools and 17 universities, with an estimated sample of approximately 2000 students. The final result of this research will be the design of an informational behavior map, at the university level, and the development of a model concerning the promotion of information competences in Portuguese university students.

scholarly journals Kerjasama Australia dan Indonesia dalam Upaya Pengembangan Sektor Pendidikan Di Australia Melalui Organisasi ACICIS (Australian Consortium For In-Country Indonesian Studies)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismiyatun Ismiyatun ◽  
Diah Ariyanti
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

ABSTRACT This study analyzes the collaboration between Australia and Indonesia in the development of the education sector in Australia through the ACICIS (Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies) organization which was established in 1994. ACICIS is a consortium of non-profit universities that develops and coordinates various study options quality in Indonesia for Australian, non-Australian and individual students. The reason Australia and Indonesia collaborate in the education sector is to improve the quality and quality of education in both countries, at the university level. In this journal, we discuss how cooperation between Australia and Indonesia in the education sector through the ACICIS organization. To find out the system of cooperation between the two parties, in carrying out this collaboration, researchers used an approach to the theory of international cooperation. Keywords: ACICIS (Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies), international cooperation, education.

The Paradox of Neoliberal Education Bureaucracy and Hysterical Resistance: The Case of New Zealand Schooling

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (100) ◽  
pp. 179-197
Author(s):  
Leon Salter
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
The Past ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
The University ◽  
Four Discourses

Neoliberal discourse often positions itself as the antithesis of bureaucracy. However, as the hegemonic political project of the past forty years, neoliberalism has imposed various forms of bureaucracy, most notably, those that audit performance. This contradiction between antagonism towards bureaucracy and bureaucratising tendencies is particularly resonant in the contemporary neoliberalised education sector, where the perceived risk of not producing self-managing, autonomous, economically productive subjects must be minimised through audit mechanisms which, conversely, necessarily decrease those capacities in students. Through a case study of the neoliberalisation of New Zealand's school sector, using the lens of Lacan's four discourses, this article argues that the discourses of the Master and the University have worked together to sometimes obscure, but at other times highlight, this contradiction. Drawing on policy documents, political speeches and reports, I highlight that a key policy which increased the visibility of the contradiction was National Standards, introduced in 2007 to reduce the risk of the unknown through the collection of performance data. I also draw on interviews with educationalists who adopt the discourse of the hysteric as a means to publicly highlight this contradiction, contesting the symbolic mandate of the teacher-as-data-node, while avoiding the kinds of full-frontal resistance that might cost them their jobs and jeopardise the education of children.

scholarly journals INTELIGENCIA EMOCIONAL EN EL DESEMPEÑO DOCENTE.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Iván Pincay-Aguilar ◽  
Gabriela Candelario-Suarez ◽  
Jesús Castro-Guevara
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Management Evaluation ◽  
University Level ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mood Scale ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

En esta investigación se estudió la relación existente entre la inteligencia emocional (IE) y la evaluación de desempeño (ED) que se realiza la institución como parte de los procesos, comportamientos y competencia de la academia a nivel universitario, a partir de una muestra de 150 docentes, en edades comprendidas entre los 25 y 69 años, en el contexto de Milagro- Guayas, Ecuador. El objetivo del estudio fue establecer las características de inteligencia emocional presente en los docentes en correlación al nivel de desempeño laboral.  Para la recolección de la información de la primera variable, se utilizó el test Traid Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24), instrumento utilizado para medir el índice (IE) presente en los docentes, contiene 24 ítem divididos en tres categorías atención, claridad y reparación. Para medir el desempeño docente se consideró los datos proporcionados por el departamento de evaluación y aseguramiento de la calidad de la institución. Esta evaluación consideró cuatro parámetros; la auto evaluación, evaluación de pares, heteroevaluación y evaluación directivos. Los datos fueron analizados de forma descriptiva y correlacional. Como conclusión relevante, se estableció que, mientras mayor son los niveles de inteligencia emocional, mayor es el desempeño laboral en los docentes investigados.   Abstract In this research we studied the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and performance evaluation (ED) carried out by the institution as part of the processes, behaviors and competence of the academy at the university level, starting from a sample of 150 teachers, between the ages of 25 and 69, in the context of Milagro-Guayas, Ecuador. The objective of the study was to establish the characteristics of emotional intelligence present in teachers correlated to the level of work performance. For the collection of the information of the first variable, the Traid Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) was used, an instrument used to measure the index (IE) present in teachers, it contains 24 items divided into three categories. Attention, clarity and repair. To measure the teaching performance, the data provided by the department of evaluation and assurance of the quality of the institution was considered. This evaluation considered four parameters; self-evaluation, peer evaluation, hetero-evaluation and management evaluation. The data was analyzed in a descriptive and correlational manner. As a relevant conclusion, it was established that, the higher the levels of emotional intelligence, the greater the job performance of the investigated teachers.

scholarly journals Mujeres y universitarias: historia de un desencuentro en la universidad española contemporánea

2009 ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Poy Castro
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Academic Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Level ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
The University

En las últimas décadas, las bajas tasas de mujeres que cursan estudios universitarios, así como el hecho de que esas tasas se han ido incrementando, han sido analizadas por investigadores en España así como en Europa y otros países. En nuestro análisis, hemos observado que las tasas femeninas de estudiantes están creciendo año tras año pero con significativas diferencias entre disciplinas académicas. Por esta razón, nuestro propósito ha sido recoger datos de las universidades españolas, de cara a observar tendencias y sus orígenes. Nuestro estudio incluye porcentajes de mujeres enroladas en las diversas áreas académicas de estudios en las universidades españolas, comparadas con los porcentajes en el conjunto de la Academia. También incluye algunos datos sobre los porcentajes de mujeres entre los estudiantes de doctorado, así como entre el personal docente de los<br />departamentos en las facultades, y los comparamos según el estatus académico. Finalmente, presentamos algunas conclusiones sobre las barreras en la carrera académica para las profesoras en las universidades españolas entre 1978 y 2008. Estos datos revelan los crecientes porcentajes de mujeres que durante los pasados años han<br />seguido estudios superiores. También muestran algunas diferencias entre áreas académicas, y asimismo que existe una significativa tendencia de género en el acceso de<br />las estudiantes graduadas a las categorías superiores del personal docente.<br /><br />In the last decades, the low rates of women that follow studies at the university level, as well as the fact that those rates are increasing, have been analyzed by researchers in<br />Spain, as well as in Europe and in some other countries. In our analysis, we have seen that female students’ rates are increasing year after year but with significant differences<br />between academic disciplines. For this reason, our purpose was to compile data from Spanish universities, in order to see the tendencies and their origins. Our study includes<br />percentages of women enrolled in the diverse academic areas of studies at the Spanish universities, compared to the percentages in the whole Academia. It also includes some data on the percentages of women among PhD students, as well as among the teaching staff of the departments in the faculties, and we compare them by academic status. Finally, we present some conclusions on the barriers in the academic career for female professors in the Spanish universities between 1978-2008. These data reveal the increasing percentages of women that for the past last years have followed higher studies. They also show some differences among academic areas, and also that there is a significant gender bias in the access of graduated female students to the upper categories of teaching staff.<br /><br />

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