QUALITY ASSURANCE IN TEACHER EDUCATION from a GLOBAL

PERSPECTIVE

Dr Max WalshEducation Consultant / Adviser

Address to the Philippines Association for Teacher Education (PAFTE) Conference, Palawan, Philippines

October 17, 2013

OUTLINE OF PAPER

• Globalization and Internationalized Education• Being Globally Competitive• Quality Assurance Frameworks

Bologna Accord Australian Quality Framework (AQF) Philippines Quality Framework (PQF)

• Some suggestions for better QA in the future

Quote from “The World Is Flat”

“The creation of a global, Web-enabled playing field, that allows for multiple forms of collaboration – the sharing of knowledge and work – in real time, without regard to geography, distance or …. even language” (Friedman, 2005, p 176)

Being Globally Competitive

Being able to compete at a global level with comparable institutions in other countries

• World University Rankings• Times Higher Education System (THES)• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)• Shanghai Jiao Tong System

Being Globally Competitive

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University RankingsNone in the Top 400 in the world.

Top 300 Asian UniversitiesNumber 67 University of the PhilippinesNumber 109 Ateneo de Manila Number 150 University of Santo Tomas

Quality Frameworks

• Bologna Accord 1999 – 29 separate countries

signed the accord Now 47 countries as members

Quality Frameworks

Bologna Accord – Why?• division between undergraduate and graduate studies• compare different degrees from different Universities• easier transfer of credits between Universities• encourage cooperation between institutions for students, teachers and researchers• develop a quality assurance process to ensure standard qualifications

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Quality FrameworksBologna Accord 3 main cycles for obtaining a degree:• Cycle 1: Bachelor’s degrees (minimum of 3 years of study)• Cycle 2: Master’s degrees

(2 years of study)• Cycle 3: Doctorate (in 3 years)

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Quality FrameworksBologna Accord

All degree programs written in terms of

Learning Outcomes

Quality FrameworksBologna Accord - Action Lines1. easily readable and comparable

degrees2. promotes mobility3. system of comparable credits4. common standards & methods of

QA between institutions

Quality FrameworksBologna Accord - Action Lines5. Promotes life-long learning – learning

outcomes linked to credits facilitates people of all ages returning to study for whatever reason

6. Use of learning outcomes makes it very clear to students what they are expected to achieve by the end of a program or module

Australian Quality FrameworkAQF follows from end of Year 12 with Senior Secondary Certificate of Education

2 years (16 – 18 years age)• 10 Levels (see Handout)Level 1: Certificate I Level 10: Doctorate (Level 7 – Bachelor’s degree level)

LEVEL 7 AQF

Bachelors Degree Level

Learning Outcomes expressed in terms of

• KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

TESD HIGHER EDUCATION

POST BACCALAUREATE

DOCTORAL AND POST DOCTORAL

BACCALAUREATE

NC I

G12

10

THE PHL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

BASIC ED

L 8

L 7

L 6

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

DIPLOMA

NC III

NC II

NC IV

LEVEL 6 PQF

Bachelors Degree Level

Learning Outcomes expressed in terms of

• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND VALUES

• APPLICATION

• DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE

Trends in ASEANIn Asia-Pacific, ASEAN is seeking a mechanism to make qualifications and degrees more transportable.

• ASEAN Quality Assurance Network - has not yet achieved very much progress• Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) - has also not yet achieved very much

progress

How Philippines can become more Globally Competitive

1 Make the K – 12 system work2 Concentrate more resources on a smaller

number of top performing centers in Teacher Education

3 Use established frameworks for support4 Foster more Research Centers like UP5 All degrees written as Learning Outcomes

How to become more Globally Competitive (contd)

6 More staff qualified with research higher degrees

7 Share research at an international level and not just at peer level

8 Be more robust critics of each other’s work9 Foster and support the CHED Self-evaluation

system (the Institutional Sustainability Assessment (ISA) System)

THANK YOUMARAMING SALAMAT