A Self-study of Innovation in Quality Assurance at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education
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https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol6.iss1.924Keywords:
innovation, quality assurance, self-study, accreditationAbstract
This paper presents a self-study of the innovative policies, practices, methods, systems and instruments that have been used by the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education to assure quality in the constantly changing higher education environment. The aim of the paper is to provide information to countries still developing quality assurance frameworks. The author underscore the role of motivation in creating fertile ground for innovation and creativity.
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Erickson, L.E., Griswold, W., Hohn, K.L. and Saulters, O.S. (2010). Enriching and Evaluating Sustainability Education Journal of Sustainability Education Vol. 1, 1-20
Ewell, P.T. (2008). Assessment and accountability in America today: Background and context. In Assessing and accounting for student learning: Beyond the spellings commission. New Directions for Institutional Research (Special Issue Supplement), 7-17, 83-89.
Hamilton, M. L., and Pinnegar, S. (1998). Conclusion: The value and the promise of self-study. In M.L. Hamilton (Ed.), Reconceptualising teaching practice: Self-study in teacher education (pp. 235-246). London: Falmer Press.).
Hamilton, M. L., Pinnegar, S. (2014). Intimate scholarship in research: An example from self-study of teaching and teacher education practices methodology. LEARNing Landscapes 8(1), 153-171. http://www.learninglandscapes.ca/images/documents/ll-no15/mlhamilton.pdf.
Henkel, M., (2004). The demise of a dominant culture? Higher education institutions in transition, Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, 1(1), 21-32.
Hesselbein, F. Goldsmith, M and Somerville, I. (2002). Leading for Innovation and Organizing for Results San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
LaBoskey, V. K. (2004). The methodology of self-study and its theoretical underpinnings. In J. J. Loughran, M. L. Hamilton, V. K. LaBoskey, and T. Russell (Eds.), International handbook of self-study of teaching practices (pp. 817-869). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Loughran, J., and Northfield, J. R. (1998). A framework for the development of self-study practice. In M.L. Hamilton (Ed.), Reconceptualizing teacher practice: Self-study in teacher education (pp. 7-18). London: Falmer Press.
Luckett, K., (2006). The Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in South Africa: an analysis of national policy development and stakeholder response. PhD Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Mishler E.G. (1990). Validation in inquiry-guided research: the role of exemplars in narrative studies. Harvard Educational Review 60 (4), 415-426.
Ramadan, F.I., Zaaba, Z. and Umemoto, K. (2011). Quality assurance of Egyptian higher education: a policy transfer perspective, Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal (LICEJ), Vol. 2 No. 1.
Sallinen, A., Konttinen, R. and Panhelainen, M. (1994). Interactive model of self-evaluation quality assessment at the University of Jyvaskyla - A pilot study, Higher Education Management, 6, (3), 357-375.
Stella A (2002). External Quality Assurance in Indian Higher Education: Case study of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Paris, International Institute for Educational Planning.
Xu, D. S. (2012). Assessing top undergraduate education: Path and values -The American experience and its significance. Research in Higher Education of Engineering 3.
Zhang Yingqiang and Su Yongjian (2016). Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Reflection, Criticism, and Change, Chinese Education & Society, 49:1-2, 7-19, DOI: 10.1080/10611932.2016.1192382
Zhao, J. M. (2008). Beyond assessment - A vision for building a Chinese higher education quality assurance system Research in Higher Education of Engineering 6.
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Garwe, E. C. (2018). A Self-study of Innovation in Quality Assurance at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 6(1), 105-110. https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol6.iss1.924
