How do education systems ensure quality of teaching and learning?
What is the role of European and national policies in managing quality?
How is the quality measured?
Does private tutoring improve the quality of learning?
These and other questions will be addressed in the course Quality in education.
The concept of the quality in education will be explained and discussed in comparative perspectives, based on research findings and international studies. The main concepts and methodology of educational research will be more understandable and the common European educational environment more familiar to the students at the end of the course. For Erasmus students from various countries it is also an opportunity to exchange their views and experience on the quality in education and to compare them with research findings and theories.
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Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to equip students with understanding of the multifaceted concept of quality in education at various levels (macro, meso, micro) and in various domains and ways it is assured to facilitate students' understanding of current challenges and issues faced by the education systems, schools, teachers and policymakers.
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Course completion requirements
Be present at least at 80 % of seminars
Seminar work
Oral presentation of the seminar work during the colloquium, active discussion with other colloquium participants
Active participation during the seminars
More details about requirements will be presented during the first seminar.
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Literature
Bray, M. (2009). Confronting the shadow education system: What government policies for what private tutoring? Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Döbert, H.; Hörner, W.; Kopp, B von & Mitter, W. (Eds.) The Education Systems in Europe. Springer, 2007.
Looney, J. W. (2011). Integrating Formative and Summative Assessment: Progress Toward a Seamless System? OECD Education Working Paper No. 58, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kghx3kbl734-en
Morris, A. (2011). Student Standardized Testing: Current Practices in OECD Countries and a Literature Review, OECD Education Working Paper No. 65, OECD Publishing.
Nusche, D., Radinger, T., Santiago, P., & Shewbridge, C. (2013). Synergies for better learning: An international perspective on evaluation and assessment. Paris: OECD.
OECD. (2014). Education at a Glance 2014. Paris: OECD.
Postlethwaite, T. N. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education. Second Edition. (1995). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
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Syllabus
Topic
Lecturer
1. Introduction to the course (meeting the participants, precising course requirements) Basic terms and various concepts of quality in education (quality in education, quality assurance, quality enhancement)
V. Šťastný
2. International and national contexts of education Education systems in Europe and elsewhere (differences and common features, ISCED, structures of education systems)
V. Šťastný
3. Introduction to the evaluation and assessment framework
Evaluation of education system (Education at a glance indicators)
J. Straková
4. School and teacher quality and its impact on student achievements, role of school autonomy, teacher professional development and career ladder
V. Šťastný
5. International comparative assessment surveys
J. Straková
6. School evaluation, teacher and principal appraisal
J. Straková
7. Student assessment
J. Straková
8. Shadow education
V. Šťastný
9. Homeschooling and alternative schools
J. Straková & V. Šťastný
10. Quality of education in developing countries
V. Šťastný & J. Straková
11. The concept of quality in education – overview and discussion
J. Straková & V. Šťastný
12. Project presentations
V. Šťastný & J. Straková
The sylabus could be altered during the semester due to organisational issues.
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Learning outcomes
Students:
define quality in different ways and describe how it can be understood by different stakeholders
apply ISCED classification to their own education system
identify main strengths and weaknesses of education system(s) including the one of their home country
understand main school-, principal- and teacher-related factors associated with student achievements
describe main challenges of quality education in out of school settings
apply the knowledge to suggest improvements in the quality of education and its assurance in a country
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