Overview
Lecturer
Ramona - Iulia Herman
Seminar tutor
Ramona - Iulia Herman
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Education Sciences
Field of study
Pedagogy of primary and preschool education
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
Basic knowledge in the fields: management of school institutions and class management.
Aims
Knowledge of the main concepts, theories, models regarding quality management in education.
Creating the premisses for master students to undertake the principles, regulations and standards regarding assurance of quality of the processes and systems of education.
Knowledge of the main concepts, theories, models regarding quality management in education.
Training of design, implementation and evaluation skills of systems and quality management;
Training the critical thinking, strategic thinking and decision-making ability.
Course contents
• Fundamental concepts
• Deffinitions and aproaches of quality (applied in education)
• Quality management in all organisations which provide education
• Deffinitions and approaches to total quality management (TQM)
• Management of education services quality
• Assessment and assurance of education in Romania. Concepts of the system of quality assessment and assurance
• Processes, components and structures of the education quality assessment system
• The institutional system of education quality management
• Fields and criteria of education quality evaluation and assurance
• Institutional capacity
• Education efficiency
• Quality management
Learning outcomes
Through the study of the discipline students are expected to be able to:
- use correctly in various contexts the concepts relating to quality management of educational organizations;
- analyze the areas, the criteria and standards for assessing the quality of education;
- to apply the procedures, monitoring and assessment of quality at the level of the educational institution;
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Management educaţional strategic. Analiză, proiectare, performare
Voiculescu, F.; Voiculescu, E.,
2005
Tehnici de analiză şi proiectare în managementul educaţional strategic
Voiculescu, F
2007
Management educaţional strategic. Analiză, proiectare, performare
Voiculescu, F.; Voiculescu
2005
Quality a critical introduction
Beckford J.
Taylor and Francis, London, 2009
Quality management demistified
Kemp S.
McGrow Hill, 2006