Learning Outcomes--A Useful Tool in Quality Assurance? Views from Academic Staff

Autor/inn/en	Aamodt, Per Olaf; Frølich, Nicoline; Stensaker, Bjørn
Titel	Learning Outcomes--A Useful Tool in Quality Assurance? Views from Academic Staff
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 43 (2018) 4, S.614-624 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2016.1185776
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Teacher Surveys; Universities; Colleges; Multivariate Analysis; Organizational Change; Organizational Culture; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; University; Universität; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Multivariate Analyse; Organisationswandel; Unternehmenskultur; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Norwegen
Abstract	While the establishment of quality assurance has been seen for decades as the most significant instrument to secure and enhance the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, the concept of developing more specific learning outcomes has in recent years attracted much interest, not least due to the creation of national qualification frameworks. In this article, we compare the perceived relevance of the traditional quality assurance approach with the new learning outcomes approach--as seen from the view of the academic staff. Using data from a representative survey among Norwegian academic staff, the study indicates that learning outcomes are perceived as more useful and relevant than traditional quality assurance approaches. The article discusses this finding in light of the current ways quality assurance procedures are functioning in higher education, and points to possible implications for the enhancement of quality in universities and colleges. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01