Dulma Tsyrendashiyevna Dugarova ¹, Svetlana Efimovna Starostina ¹, Sesegma Zandaraevna Kimova ¹, Natalia Anatolyevna Kazachek ¹

Affiliations
1 Transbaikal State University, Chita, RU

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The aim of the study is to identify meaningful evaluation and approaches to building a model of the system of monitoring education quality and quality assurance at the university. Methods: The research methodology is based on a pedagogical qualimetry approach revealing a nature and characteristics of education quality, principles and methods for education monitoring, domestic and international theoretical foundations of independent evaluation of higher education quality. Findings: The international context of the changes specified by networks of agents-intermediaries Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in the Washington Accord – an “American” model, EUR-ACE Framework Standard – a “European model”, the International Energy Agency (IEA) International organization and European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineer register have determined the new content for improving the quality of higher education in the activities of the Trans-Baikal State University as a supporting institution in the region. The objectives and mechanisms for the implementation of international requirements of independent quality evaluation in the supporting institution in the region indicate the search for management solutions for the study and introduction of international experience considered as a base for creating a new educational practice of monitoring of education quality and quality assurance at the university in accordance with the criteria and standards of the Russian Association for Engineering Education. Applications/Improvements: The result of the study is the model of the system of monitoring of education quality and quality assurance at the university, built on the basis of theoretical research.

Keywords

Education Quality, Education Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Monitoring.

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Dulma Tsyrendashiyevna Dugarova ¹, Svetlana Efimovna Starostina ¹, Tatyana Sodnomovna Bazarova ², Valentina Ivanovna Vaganova ², Galina Nikolayevna Fomitskaya ²

Affiliations
1 Transbaikal State University, Russia
2 Buryat State University, Russia

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The objective of this study is to demonstrate that international independent assessment of education quality supports the internal mechanism of improving the competitiveness of educational institutions in the Baikal Region. Methods: Theoretical and methodological basis of research is represented by methods of independent expert assessment of education quality (certification, auditing, accreditation, ranking); identifying strategic perspective directions and technologies based on the Foresight methodology (scenario approach, expert panels, technological road mapping of the transition from the current state to the stages of development, bibliometric analysis of the database on the quality of education). Findings: The process of consistent regulation and standardization of higher education in Russia is an important component of international harmonization of educational systems. Ensuring higher education specialist training at the level appropriate for future needs of domestic and international labor market predetermines the ever-increasing interest in the educational process quality not only on the part of the state but also on the part of society as a whole. The development of competition in the education market and increased requirements to the quality of education in the labor market place new demands on educational organization management and determine the need for independent evaluation. The basic approaches to an independent evaluation of the quality of educational programs, which give proof of the graduates’ readiness for independent activity in the professional field, are: assessment of higher educational establishment quality of conformity with international management standards through external audit carried out by independent experts; professional public accreditation of educational programs; expert scenario planning of strategic directions to improve the quality of education at the university. Applications/Improvements: The study will help organize, assess and improve educational processes to meet the new requirements set by competition in the modern labor market.

Keywords

External Audit, Independent Assessment of Education Quality, Information Support, Public-professional Accreditation, Strategic Scenario Planning, Transboundary Institutional Mobility.

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