The Quality of Teaching Staff: Higher Education Institutions' Compliance with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance--The Case of Portugal

Autor/inn/en	Cardoso, Sónia; Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina
Titel	The Quality of Teaching Staff: Higher Education Institutions' Compliance with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance--The Case of Portugal
Quelle	In: Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 27 (2015) 3, S.205-222 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1874-8597
DOI	10.1007/s11092-015-9211-z
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Quality Assurance; Teacher Effectiveness; College Faculty; Compliance (Legal); Standards; Guidelines; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Teacher Improvement; Educational Quality; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Qualitätssicherung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Fakultät; Standard; Richtlinien; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	In recent years, initiatives for the improvement of teaching quality have been pursued both at European and national levels. Such is the case of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) and of legislation passed by several European countries, including Portugal, in response to European policy developments driven by the Lisbon Strategy and the Bologna Process. This paper is concerned with the institutional level implementation of European and national policies which target the quality of teaching staff. It reports on the findings of a study conducted in order to analyse if Portuguese higher education institutions are taking measures to improve and assure the quality of teaching staff in compliance particularly with the ESG. Findings suggest that this compliance is only partial. Although mechanisms exist for the selection, recruitment and appraisal of academics, other instruments and measures meant to continuously improve teaching staff quality, such as institutional support for skills development, pedagogic training, material infrastructure and motivation strategies, such as awards and recognition, are still incipient. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01