Citation
Dalrymple, J. (2007), "Special Issue on Emerging systems educational quality assessment in developing countries", Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. 15 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/qae.2007.12015baa.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Special Issue on Emerging systems educational quality assessment in developing countries
As the world economy is rapidly moving towards a knowledge based one, there is an intense activity in a all countries to develop effective systems for monitoring the performance of educational institutions. While such moves have been controversial in many countries, the developing nations have been having particular difficulties in view of the relative lack of sophistication of administrative infrastructure both at the governmental and institutional levels. Over the years Quality Assurance in Education had carried a number of articles highlighting issues from such countries in different continents. The aim of the issue is to present in one volume multiple perspectives on the issues faced by developing nations in relation to quality assurance systems. The articles should be research-based ones looking at different aspects of quality systems for education in developing countries. They may either take a critical look at the issues from institutional perspective or from a from a national one. Alternatively, the articles may look at the social issues in developing/monitoring such systems.
Suggested topics
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Issues in the development of national quality assessment systems.
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Institutional perspectives on developing effective quality systems.
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Developmental issues on different aspects of educational quality.
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Different techniques and systems for monitoring education quality.
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Policy development/deployment at national and institutional levels.
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General issues in educational governance at national or institutional levels.
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Transnational issues in educational delivery and recognition.
For the issue scheduled for publication in June, 2008, Volume 16 Number 2.
Submissions should be made before 28 September 2007, preferably as email attachments to the journal at jqae@rmit.edu.au
For a general guidance for submission of articles for the journal see: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/qae/notes.jsp. We hope to complete the review with in 12 weeks of submission decide on article acceptance. It is anticipated that the issue will contain eight articles broadly covering above themes.
Guest editors for the issue
Prof. Niaz Ahmed, Institute of Quality & Technology Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Dr M.S. Shyamasundar, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, India.