A third way for QA systems? Navigating external quality demands and meaningfulness for teachers and students: A case study of practice from VIA University College in Denmark

Philipp Wilhelm Pechmann; Tina Hanne Theil; Karen Christine Hannah; Tina Kleis Madsen; Michael Holt Schmidt; Birgitte Quelle; Sanne Schioldann Haase

A third way for QA systems? Navigating external quality demands and meaningfulness for teachers and students: A case study of practice from VIA University College in Denmark

Philipp Wilhelm Pechmann, Tina Hanne Theil, Karen Christine Hannah, Tina Kleis Madsen, Michael Holt Schmidt, Birgitte Quelle, Sanne Schioldann Haase

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Abstract

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are expected to account for and measure quality for external stakeholders while providing meaningful tools for quality improvement to their own members. We apply Dreyfus’ model of skill acquisition in a case study of VIA University College (Denmark) to analyze HEIs’ quality assurance (QA) capacity and development and the challenges HEIs face when navigating between demands of external accountability, societal responsibility and internal meaningfulness whilst trying to meet competing quality conceptualizations. Furthermore, we discuss challenges in improving HEIs’ QA systems and how HEIs can tackle these challenges in pursuing a third way for QA systems.

Translated title of the contribution	En tredje vej for kvalitetssikring? At navigere mellem eksterne kvalitetskrav og meningsfyldthed for lærere og studerende: Et casestudie fra VIA University College i Danmark
Original language	English
Publication date	Aug 2019
Number of pages	20
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Event	EAIR 41st Annual Forum in Leiden, The Netherlands - Leiden, Netherlands Duration: 25 Aug 2019 → 28 Aug 2019 Conference number: 41

Conference

Conference	EAIR 41st Annual Forum in Leiden, The Netherlands
Number	41
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Leiden
Period	25/08/19 → 28/08/19

Keywords

quality assurance
quality management
organization development
management

EAIR 41st Annual Forum in Leiden, The Netherlands
Pechmann, P. W. (Paricipant)
25 Aug 2019 → 28 Aug 2019
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Pechmann, P. W., Theil, T. H., Hannah, K. C., Madsen, T. K., Schmidt, M. H., Quelle, B., & Haase, S. S. (2019). A third way for QA systems? Navigating external quality demands and meaningfulness for teachers and students: A case study of practice from VIA University College in Denmark. Paper presented at EAIR 41st Annual Forum in Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands.

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A third way for QA systems? Navigating external quality demands and meaningfulness for teachers and students: A case study of practice from VIA University College in Denmark. / Pechmann, Philipp Wilhelm; Theil, Tina Hanne ; Hannah, Karen Christine et al.
2019. Paper presented at EAIR 41st Annual Forum in Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands.

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A third way for QA systems? Navigating external quality demands and meaningfulness for teachers and students: A case study of practice from VIA University College in Denmark

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EAIR 41st Annual Forum in Leiden, The Netherlands

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