Learning Assessment and Accountability for Higher Education in China

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-67191-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 429 g

The book explores how to use student learning outcomes assessment data to improve teaching and learning in Chinese higher education.

The author comprehensively examines the assessment of learning outcomes within the context of both internal and external quality assurance schemes in China. She argues that such assessment must be applied within a defined policy framework, organizational structure, and operational procedures. The author highlights the importance of student learning outcomes assessment in Chinese higher education, its current state, and ways to use assessment data for accountability and the improvement of students’ learning quality. The book makes an original contribution to higher education by exploring whether and how such assessments influence the challenging, resource-intensive, and complex task of improving and sustaining education quality.

The book will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students of higher education, education assessment and evaluation, and critical thinking.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xia, Huanhuan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Prüfungen und Beurteilungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I  Defining Quality of Higher Education in China II The Brief History of Accountability and Learning Outcomes Assessment in Chinese higher education III A Global Perspective on Students Learning Outcomes Assessment IV Challenge for Learning outcomes assessment in Chinese Higher Education V Empirical study of college students' epistemological belief and critical thinking VI In-Depth Interpretation of the Core Influencing Factors of Critical Thinking VII The Future of Learning Outcomes and Accountability in Chinese Higher Education

Über Autor(innen)

Huanhuan Xia holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Beijing Normal University and was a joint doctoral student at Columbia University in New York. She is currently an assistant professor at College of Education, Capital Normal University. Dr. Xia has independently hosted two research projects granted by National Social Science Fund of China and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant. Dr. Xia has participated in over 15 major scientific research projects, including key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation. She has published more than ten academic papers in higher education learning outcomes, key competences and higher education policy. Her main research areas include education policy and evaluation, student development and learning assessment, and critical thinking and gifted education.