Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: are we listening to the students?
Students are at the center of higher education which makes it essential that their voices are heard and what students perceive as high quality are known to the providers of higher education. The purpose of this nationwide quantitative survey was to find out what students identified as markers of...
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IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
2020
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| Summary: | Students are at the center of higher education which makes it essential
that their voices are heard and what students perceive as high quality are known
to the providers of higher education. The purpose of this nationwide quantitative
survey was to find out what students identified as markers of quality in higher
education. As this is the first study of its kind in the country, it is expected that
the results of this study would be valuable to higher education institutions and
higher education policy makers to cater the need of the students. Responses
from 25.17% (N=2580) of the target population were used to statistically
analyze the data. Results showed that students identified delivery and teaching
methods; amount of contact; feedback; curriculum relevancy and being
challenged by what they are learning; awareness and availability of support
networks; relationships and interactions; and accessibility and availability of
facilities as markers of quality. ********************************************************************************* Pelajar adalah nadi utama yang menggerakkan universiti yang
menjadikan ianya satu keperluan untuk suara mereka didengari dan anggapan
mereka terhadap kualiti tinggi perlu diketahui oleh institusi pendidikan
tinggi. Tujuan tinjauan kuantitatif di seluruh Maldives ini dilakukan untuk
mengetahui apakah ukuran kualiti pengajian tinggi bagi tanggapan pelajar.
Oleh kerana kajian ini merupakan yang pertama kali dilakukan di negara ini, keputusan kajian dijangka memberi manfaat kepada institusi pengajian
tinggi dan pembuat polisi di pengajian tinggi dalam menyediakan keperluan
pelajar. Maklum balas daripada 25.17% (N=2580) populasi yang disasarkan
digunakan untuk menganalisa data secara statistik menggunakan chi-square
test of independence. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa pelajar mengenalpasti
kaedah penyampaian dan pengajaran; bilangan perjumpaan; maklum balas;
kesesuaian kurikulum and cabaran yang dihadapi dalam pembelajaran;
kesedaran dan ketersediaan rangkaian sokongan; hubungan dan interaksi; dan
kebolehcapaian dan ketersediaan fasiliti sebagai ukuran terhadap kualiti. |
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