Assessment and Curricular Policies of Higher Education in Brazil: Enhancing Both Performance and Cultural Diversity?

Autor/in	Ivenicki, Ana
Titel	Assessment and Curricular Policies of Higher Education in Brazil: Enhancing Both Performance and Cultural Diversity?
Quelle	In: Higher Education Forum, 16 (2019), S.85-96 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2432-9614
Schlagwörter	Cultural Pluralism; Higher Education; Educational Quality; Institutional Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Diversity (Institutional); Productivity; Educational Policy; Educational Planning; Strategic Planning; Educational Change; Curriculum Development; Student Mobility; Evaluation Methods; Multicultural Education; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kulturpluralismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Produktivität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsplanung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Bildungsreform; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Brasilien
Abstract	The present paper posits that in culturally diverse societies such as Brazil the value of cultural diversity within higher education institutions, faculties, and students has begun to gain momentum as a relevant dimension in the assessment of quality, performance, and productivity. In order to develop this argument, it first reviews the supporting literature, offering an overview of the institutional structures of higher education in Brazil and its quality assessment practices. It then analyses how multicultural aims may or may not have been articulated in the assessment of performance and productivity in Brazilian higher education policies, as gleaned from the National Plan for Education (Presidency of Republic, 2014), and recent debates around curriculum reform. It discusses the extent to which higher education policies in Brazil have tried to tackle the twin objectives of enhancing performance while also valuing cultural diversity and inclusion in their quality control strategies. The study may have global implications; as international mobility increases societies around the globe should be prepared to value both performance and diversity in their assessment exercises and curricular policies. [This paper was presented at the 14th Higher Education Reform Workshop 26-28 September 2017, Hiroshima University, Japan.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University. 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima City, Japan 739-8512. Tel: +81-82-424-6240; Fax: +81-82-422-7104; e-mail: k-kokyo@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp; Web site: https://rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/publications/en/hef_en/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01