Quality of higher education : organizational and educational perspectives : a study in the Chinese context / / Yihuan Zou

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464379303321
• Autore: Zou Yihuan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Aalborg, Denmark : , : River Publishers, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 87-92982-56-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Collana: Innovation and Change in Education; A Cross-cultural Perspective ; ; Volume 3
• Disciplina: 378.51
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - China; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Clarification of Terms""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Quality of higher education in the Chinese context""; ""2.1 Education in the Chinese context""; ""2.2 A brief introduction to higher education in China""; ""2.3 Expansion and quality assurance in Chinese higher education""; ""3 Perspectives to study quality of higher education""; ""3.1 Quality assurance in higher education""; ""3.2 Quality of higher education â€? the concept""; ""3.3 Perspectives to approach quality of higher education""; ""3.4 Mapping current research with the perspectives from the policy, organization and education""""3.5 Researching actorsâ€? perceptions and concerns about quality of higher education""; ""3.6 The focus of this project""; ""4 Researching quality of higher education in China""; ""4.1 Methodological assumptions and choices""; ""4.2 Overall design of the study""; ""4.3 Content analysis of institutional self-evaluation reports""; ""4.4 Teaching staff interview and student focus group""; ""4.5 Methodological reflections""; ""5 The organizational perspective""; ""5.1 The contents of the self-evaluation reports""""5.2 Document-listing and awards as visible forms of quality""; ""5.3 Higher education organizations and their environments""; ""5.4 Summary of quality from the self-evaluation report point of view""; ""6 The teaching staff ; perspective""; ""6.1 Teachers and Teaching""; ""6.2 Students and learning""; ""6.3 Institutions and higher education""; ""6.4 Summary of quality from the teaching staff point of view""; ""7 The student perspective""; ""7.1 Students and learning""; ""7.2 Teachers and teaching""; ""7.3 Institutions and higher education""; ""7.4 Summary of quality from the student point of view""""8 Exploring the tensions in quality of higher education""; ""8.1 Summary of perceptions of quality of higher education""; ""8.2 The orientations and tensions in the pursuit of quality""; ""8.3 The dilemma between efficiency and sustainable development""; ""9 Conclusion""; ""9.1 Summary of this study""; ""9.2 Answers to research questions and implications""; ""9.3 The complexity of quality in higher education""; ""9.4 Toward a more inclusive understanding of quality in higher education""; ""A: Profile of teaching staff participants""; ""B: Profile of student focus group participants""""Bibliography""; ""About the author""