Academics’ perceptions on the purposes of quality assessment
Academics’ perceptions on the purposes of quality assessment
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学术界对质量评估目的的看法
DOI：
10.1080/13538322.2012.733550
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发表时间：
2012
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通讯作者：
A. Amaral
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作者：
M. J. Rosa;C. S. Sarrico;A. Amaral
问责与改进的争论由来已久。虽然传统上被认为是两分法的高等教育质量评估的目的，一些作者辩护的质量评估系统的平衡两者的需要。这篇文章更进一步，认为不仅应该平衡它们，而且可以设计其他目的来评估高等教育质量。五个不同的目的提出：沟通，动机，控制，改进和创新，来自高等教育和组织绩效文献。然后，对与这五个预期目的有关的一系列问题的答案进行了分析。问卷调查的目的是调查葡萄牙学者对高等教育质量评估的看法。总的来说，所进行的分析表明，对所有目的都有一定程度的支持，尽管在改进和交流目的方面支持率较高，而在控制和激励方面支持率较低。由于质量评估系统的充分实施需要学术界的支持，本文可以为整合学术界对该主题的意见的系统设计提供信息。
The accountability versus improvement debate is an old one. Although being traditionally considered dichotomous purposes of higher education quality assessment, some authors defend the need of balancing both in quality assessment systems. This article goes a step further and contends that not only they should be balanced but also that other purposes can be devised for assessing quality in higher education. Five different purposes are proposed: communication, motivation, control, improvement and innovation, derived both from the higher education and the organisational performance literatures. Then the answers given to a set of questions related to these five intended purposes are analysed. The answers were collected through a questionnaire designed to investigate Portuguese academics’ perceptions on higher education quality assessment. Overall the analysis performed reveals a certain degree of support for all the purposes, albeit higher in the case of the improvement and communication purposes and lower for control and motivation. Since an adequate implementation of quality assessment systems needs the support of academics, this article can inform the design of systems integrating academics’ views on the subject.