Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education
Global Issues, Models, and Best Practices from the Middle East and Turkey
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
Greater student mobility, increasing demand for access to tertiary education, as well as policy changes have spurred rapid expansion of the global higher education sector. However, with increased demand comes considerable variation in the quality of the supply. As higher education is an expensive endeavor for all stakeholders – governments, funders, employers, and families – there are also increasing expectations for accountability and demonstrations of quality. English as a foreign language (EFL) programs, in particular, are under considerable pressure to substantiate their value, resulting in a significant rise in interest around their quality. This volume is the outcome of a May 2018 international conference on quality and specialized accreditation, held in Turkey. The book’s three sections take the reader from the global to the program level, examining trends and best practices in quality assurance and accreditation in EFL programs. The book’s geographic focus is primarily the Middle East and Turkey, yet the issues discussed herein a quite global in nature. This volume will be of interest to educational administrators at the institutional or program level, educational leadership programs focusing on higher education, language teacher preparation programs, and administrators in centralized education systems or accrediting organizations.
Greater student mobility, increasing demand for access to tertiary education, as well as policy changes have spurred rapid expansion of the global higher education sector. However, with increased demand comes considerable variation in the quality of the supply. As higher education is an expensive endeavor for all stakeholders – governments, funders, employers, and families – there are also increasing expectations for accountability and demonstrations of quality. English as a foreign language (EFL) programs, in particular, are under considerable pressure to substantiate their value, resulting in a significant rise in interest around their quality. This volume is the outcome of a May 2018 international conference on quality and specialized accreditation, held in Turkey. The book’s three sections take the reader from the global to the program level, examining trends and best practices in quality assurance and accreditation in EFL programs. The book’s geographic focus is primarily the Middle East and Turkey, yet the issues discussed herein a quite global in nature. This volume will be of interest to educational administrators at the institutional or program level, educational leadership programs focusing on higher education, language teacher preparation programs, and administrators in centralized education systems or accrediting organizations.
Focuses on a region experiencing high growth rates in the tertiary education sector Includes discussions of specialized accreditation, particularly for Foreign/English language programs Encompasses a comprehensive and multi-level conversation, from the global and conceptual to specific best practices
Autor*in
Donald F. Staub
Themen in »Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education«
Language policy Global growth of EMI and CLIL Quality assurance in foreign language education accreditation National versus international accreditation Specialized accreditation schemes Accreditation and quality Accreditation practices in Turkey Accreditation practices in Pakistan Accreditation practices in Bahrain Accreditation practices in Kazakhstan Accreditation practices in Kazakhstan Accreditation practices in Bulgaria and Romania Accreditation practices in Saudi Arabia Continuous professional development, quality, and accreditation Writing and assessing outcomes