Quality Assurance Strategies in Higher Education: The Case of Ghanaian Polytechnics

Autor/inn/en	Swanzy, Patrick; Potts, Anthony
Titel	Quality Assurance Strategies in Higher Education: The Case of Ghanaian Polytechnics
Quelle	In: Education Research and Perspectives, 44 (2017), S.100-127 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-2543
Schlagwörter	Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Technical Education; College Faculty; College Students; Qualitative Research; Outcomes of Education; Workshops; Seminars; Vocational Education; Alumni; Ceremonies; Graduation; Academic Advising; Simulation; Work Environment; Orientation; Student Recruitment; Interviews; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Technikunterricht; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Qualitative Forschung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Seminar; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Zeremoniell; Abschluss; Graduierung; Akademischer Rat; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Arbeitsmilieu; Orientierung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This study investigated the internal quality assurance strategies Ghanaian polytechnics enacted in order to improve graduate outcomes. A qualitative methodological approach via in-depth interviewing of twenty key informants and document analysis was used to establish how polytechnics in Ghana addressed problematic situations in quality assurance. The findings revealed that their internal quality assurance strategies focused on staff and students, where quality concerns were most prominent. These strategies seem to have enhanced teaching and learning in the polytechnics but there was the need for them to re-institutionalise their internal quality systems to enable them to deliver quality vocational and technical education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01