高等教育对认证的盲目崇拜:增进我们的理解

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Quality in Higher Education Pub Date : 2021-07-28 DOI:10.1080/13538322.2021.1948460

M. Romanowski

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引用次数: 10

摘要

高等教育机构和课程使用全球认证系统来证明其提供优质教育的合法性。尽管对认证的好处和批评有很多，对其改进影响的实证研究也很少，但对这种形式的质量保证的需求仍在增加。本文应用偶像崇拜的镜头，提供一个独特的视角，并提供洞察认证。偶像化理论和偶像的九个特征提供了一种方法来理解对机构的认可权力，它的需求，它对机构和教授的影响，以及它塑造和合法化对教育和学科的特定理解的能力。

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The idolatry of accreditation in higher education: enhancing our understanding

ABSTRACT Worldwide accreditation systems for higher education are used by institutions and programmes to demonstrate their legitimacy to deliver quality education. Although there are many perceived benefits and criticisms of accreditation and little empirical research on its impact for improvement, there is still an increasing demand for this form of quality assurance. This essay applies the lens of idolatry to provide a distinctive perspective and offer insight into accreditation. The theory of idolisation and nine characteristics of idols provides a means to understand accreditation power over institutions, its demands, its impact on institutions and professors and its ability to shape and legitimise a particular understanding of education and academic disciplines.

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Quality in Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： Quality in Higher Education is aimed at those interested in the theory, practice and policies relating to the control, management and improvement of quality in higher education. The journal is receptive to critical, phenomenological as well as positivistic studies. The journal would like to publish more studies that use hermeneutic, semiotic, ethnographic or dialectical research as well as the more traditional studies based on quantitative surveys and in-depth interviews and focus groups. Papers that have empirical research content are particularly welcome. The editor especially wishes to encourage papers on: reported research results, especially where these assess the impact of quality assurance systems, procedures and methodologies; theoretical analyses of quality and quality initiatives in higher education; comparative evaluation and international aspects of practice and policy with a view to identifying transportable methods, systems and good practice; quality assurance and standards monitoring of transnational higher education; the nature and impact and student feedback; improvements in learning and teaching that impact on quality and standards; links between quality assurance and employability; evaluations of the impact of quality procedures at national level, backed up by research evidence.