Quality Assurance in Education: Volume 32 Issue 3

Empowering educational policy management: understanding student emotions and sentiments

Juan Antonio Dip

Using sentiment analysis (SA), this study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and virtual learning experiences among 1,125 students at a public Argentinean…

Service quality assessment in a Greek teacher training program: a cultural perspective

Anastasios Athanasiadis, Vassiliki Papadopoulou, Helen Tsakiridou, George Iordanidis

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between prospective teachers’ cultural profiles and service quality expectations in a pedagogical training program in Greece.

Enhancing academic support for students in higher education

Kasun Gomis, Mandeep Saini, Chaminda Pathirage, Mohammed Arif

The need to enhance student support is evident in higher education (HE) curricula. In addition to the complications created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the current strategies used…

Navigating AACSB accreditation with strategic leadership and change management: a systematic literature review

Irene Budi Prastiwi, Martinus Tukiran

This study aims to identify the strategic leadership and change management used to obtain the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditations as well…

The integration of lecturer collaboration within higher education institutions’ quality culture framework

Julie Droissart, Melissa Tuytens

There is a lack of clarity about how lecturer collaboration in light of learning and (professional) development fits within the framework of a quality culture in higher education…

In-service training for improving the quality of English language teaching in Zanzibar’s secondary schools

Jafari Abdala, Sharifa Juma

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an in-service training (INSET) programme for improving the quality of English language teaching in Zanzibar’s secondary schools…

Impact of goal congruence on higher education institutions’ performance quality

Mahesh Singh, Jaiprakash Paliwal, Manoj Kumar Rao, Shirish Raibagkar

In India, national accreditation agencies stipulate that internal quality control in higher education institutions (HEIs) is to be institutionalized through internal quality…

Quality education through teacher-student relationships: implementing social-emotional learning in teacher development

Noam Lapidot-Lefler, Roni Israeli

Recently, the pace of pedagogical change in the field of social-emotional learning (SEL) has increased worldwide; hence, there is a greater need to understand and promote…

Improving the quality of student assessment practices: a Saudi University case study

Wessam Mohamed, Taghreed Almuqayteeb, Ibrahim Abd El Sattar, Taghreed Al-Ghamdi, Ghazi Alotaibi

This paper aims to explore the best practices to institutionalize the internal quality of student assessment (SA) when a gap emerges between quality conceptualization and practice…

Developing an evaluation framework for an online midwifery programme: a practical participatory approach

Yvonne Kuipers, Gail Norris, Suzanne Crozier, Connie McLuckie

This paper aims to generate knowledge about relevant evaluation topics that align with and represent the unique character of the midwifery programme for students living in the…

Higher education pre- to post-COVID-19: student and faculty perceptions

Gaby Probst, Laura Zizka

Higher education institutions (HEIs) seek innovative approaches to attract students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many HEIs have considered diversification through digitalization…

Building international standards for Islamic education teacher candidates with reference to CAEP guidelines

Ali I. AlHouli

This paper aims to develop precise statements (standards) to describe the knowledge and skills that should be possessed by Islamic education (IE) teacher candidates who receive…

Opportunities in promoting teacher ethics in Tanzania’s public primary schools through quality school-based professional development programmes

Jubilate Rogathe Shuma, William A.L. Anangisye, Mjege Kinyota

This paper aims to unveil opportunities for promoting teacher ethics through quality school-based professional development (S-BPD) programmes to improve teachers’ ethical conduct…

Unveiling fairness in scoring: a thorough method for precise cutoff score calculation in education assessment

Alireza Akbari, Mohsen Shahrokhi

The purpose of this research is to address the need for a robust system to accurately determine a cutoff score by using the Angoff method and leveraging the Rasch infit and outfit…

Safety training needs of educational institutions

Timo Savolainen, Kaisa Airo, Tuuli Jylhä

The overall quality of education may be compromised due to the limited availability of safety and security (S&S) courses in professional teacher education. The purpose of this…