Enhancing Quality in Higher Education

International Perspectives

George Gordon, Ray Land

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Routledge
21 January 2016

Higher & further education, tertiary education

Series: International Studies in Higher Education

This book focuses on recent developments in higher education, provides snapshots of changing practices around the world and analyses the varied theoretical perspectives of quality enhancement. It draws on a wide range of international case studies, examined by a host of contributing experts.

Edited by: George Gordon, Ray Land
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415809252
ISBN 10: 0415809258
Series: International Studies in Higher Education
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 21 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Theorising Enhancement 1. Meanings of Enhancement 2. Quality Culture at What Cost? Pursuing Educational Excellence in Straitened Times 3. Achieving the Focus on Enhancement? 4. Using Research Findings to Inform Quality Enhancement Mantz Yorke Part II: Enhancement in Context: International Perspectives 5. Quality Enhancement in England: From Funded Projects to Student-Led Demand 6. ‘To See Ourselves as Others See Us’: The Scottish Approach to Quality Enhancement 7. Quality Enhancement in American Higher Education 8. Enhancing Quality: A Finnish Perspective 9. Contributions of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Quality Enhancement in Canada 10. Quality Enhancement: The Australian Scene 11. The Portuguese Case: Can Institutions Move to Quality Enhancement? 12. Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in the Czech Republic: Past, Present and Future Challenges 13. Enhancement or Transformation? The Significance and Dimensions of Quality Enhancement in Higher Education in South Africa 14. Obstacles to Improvement in Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina 15. Quality Enhancement in Turkish Higher Education 16. The Four-Year Degree in Hong Kong: An Opportunity for Quality Enhancement 17. The Present Situation of Quality Enhancement in Japan 18. How a Nationwide Student Uprising Brought About Transformative Quality Enhancement in Sri Lankan Higher Education 19. Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in Vietnam 20. The Impact of Quality Improvement on University Work: An Overview in Seven Ibero-American Countries Part III: Conclusion 21. Enhancing the Future: Context and Fidelity

Professor George Gordon is Research Professor, Centre for Academic Practice & Learning Enhancement, University of Strathclyde Professor Ray Land is Professor of Higher Education and Head of Learning Enhancement, University of Strathclyde.