Quality in Education - OKNQ2Z127B

• Title: Quality in Education
• Guaranteed by: Ústav výzkumu a rozvoje vzdělávání (41-UVRV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/0, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 12 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: combined
• Teaching methods: combined
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Eliška Walterová, CSc.

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Veronika Laufková, Ph.D. (06.02.2019)

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? When the prerequisites for quality of education start? In this course the quality in education will be explain and discussed in comparative perspectives, based on research findings and international studies. The main concepts and methodology of educational research will get to be more understandable and the common European educational environment more familiar. For students 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.

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Veronika Laufková, Ph.D. (06.02.2019)

BRAY, M. Confronting the shadow education system: What government policies for what private tutoring? Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2009.

DÖBERT, H.; HÖRNER, W.; KOPP, B von & MITTER, W. (Eds.) The Education Systems of Europe. Springer, 2007.

NUSCHE, D., RADINGER, T., SANTIAGO, P., & SHEWBRIDGE, C. Synergies for

better learning: An international perspective on evaluation and assessment. Paris: OECD, 2013.

www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/index_en.pdf

www.nis.unesco.org/education/documents/isced-2011-en.pdf

http://www.oecd.org/pisa/

http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/

 

Doporučená studijní literatura

BRAY, M. Researching shadow education: Methodological challenges and directions. Asia Pacific Education Review, 11(1), 3-13, 2010.

BRAY, M. The impact of shadow education on student academic achievement: Why the research is inconclusive and what can be done about it. Asia Pacific Education Review, 1-9, 2014

BRAY, M., & KOBAKHIDZE, M. N. Measurement Issues in Research on Shadow Education: Challenges and Pitfalls Encountered in TIMSS and PISA. Comparative Education Review, 58(4), 590-620, 2014.

LOONEY, J. W.  Integrating Formative and Summative Assessment: Progress Toward a Seamless System? OECD Education Working Paper No. 58, OECD Publishing, 2011.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kghx3kbl734-en

MORRIS, A. Student Standardized Testing: Current Practices in OECD Countries and a Literature Review, OECD Education Working Paper No. 65, OECD Publishing, 2011.

OECD. Education at a Glance 2014. Paris: OECD, 2014.

POSTLETHWAITE, T. N. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education. Second Edition. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995.

http://www.oecd.org/site/piaac/

Requirements to the exam

Last update: PhDr. Veronika Laufková, Ph.D. (06.02.2019)

Written seminar thesis (5 pages): Choice from the proposals of the topics based on the content of the course and actual trends in European educational systems.

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Veronika Laufková, Ph.D. (06.02.2019)

1. Trends in Education Systems in Europe. Basic concepts, programmes and policies

Introduction in the comparative study of educational systems. ISCED – International Standard Classification of Education. European aims in education. Strategies of educational policies in EU. Educational programmes and Frameworks.

2. Evaluation and assessment systems in developed countries.

Quality assurance at different levels of education systems; education system evaluation; school evaluation; teacher appraisal; student assessment. Challenges and current trends in evaluation assessment and monitoring.

3. Shadow Education - improving quality of learning?

Implications and current global trends. Research on private education in the world and the Czech Republic. Methodology of the empirical inquiry. The pitfalls of the transition from secondary to tertiary education.

4. International surveys of educational achievement.

History of international surveys of educational achievement. Methods and findings. International indicators of teaching and learning. Current developments and challenges. Assessment of 21^th century skills.

5. Development and problems of schooling in European Countries

Presentation of the Seminar Thesis and discussion on the quality in education from the views of the course participants