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Using a range of international examples to compare the reality, purpose and effect of student engagement in universities across the globe, Student Engagement and Quality Assurance in Higher Education argues that teachers and students need to collaborate to improve the quality of university education and student learning.
The growing trend of assessing and assuring quality in higher education is incredibly complex, as there are so many variables affecting both experiences and measures. With case studies from ten countries, covering a variety of cultural and environmental settings, this book focusses on ways of working with students to produce applicable, implementable strategies for universities the world over. Internationally applicable, this book presents ideas from a range of cultures, which can be adapted to be implemented in a variety of cultures. The reader is provided with a range of approaches where both the advantages and disadvantages are clearly presented. The ten case studies consider the macro, meso and micro levels of each approach, allowing for an exploration of the growing area of research and practice that is student-staff partnerships, showcasing ways of working with students to enhance engagement and quality, which are vital for a long-term approach.
Focussing on one of the main reform topics for universities, Student Engagement and Quality Assurance in Higher Education is essential reading for educational researchers, institutional leaders and all concerned with the implementation and progression of student engagement and quality assurance in higher education.
List of contents
Foreword; Chapter One: The International Diversity of Student Engagement;
Chapter Two: Students as Partners in Swedish Higher Education - A Driver for Quality;
Chapter Three: Student Engagement in Finnish Higher Education - Conflicting Realities?;
Chapter Four: Student Engagement in Quality in UK Higher Education - More than Assurance?;
Chapter Five: Student Engagement in the United States: From Customers to Partners?;
Chapter Six: Old Technologies, New Opportunities: Rethinking Traditional Approaches to Student Engagement in Australia;
Chapter Seven: Student Engagement in Brazilian Higher Education and its Sociopolitical Dimension;
Chapter Eight: The Relevance of Student Engagement in African Higher Education: the Mozambican Case;
Chapter Nine: Student Engagement in Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Kazakhstan: Ambiguous Forms and Invisible Procedures;
Chapter Ten: Student Engagement in Chinese Higher Education Institutions for the Improvement of Educational Quality;
Chapter Eleven: Student Engagement for the Improvement of Teaching: The Peculiar Form of Student Faculty Development in Japan;
Chapter Twelve: Transformation toward Pro-Learning Outcomes in Japanese Higher Education Institutions: The Role and Challenges of Assessment for Student Engagement;
Chapter Thirteen: The Future of Student Engagement
About the author
Masahiro Tanaka is an Associate Professor at the Research Centre for University Studies, the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Summary
Using a range of international examples to compare the reality, purpose and effect of student engagement in universities across the globe, this book argues that teachers and students need to collaborate to improve the quality of university education and student learning.
