A Comparative Study on the Quality Assurance of University Teachers' Competencies and its Teaching Qualification

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330248
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: National Institute for Educational Policy Research
• Principal Investigator: KAWASHIMA Keiji 国立教育政策研究所, 高等教育研究部, 部長 (50224770)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SATO Hiroaki 大阪大学, 全学教育推進機構, 准教授 (10346695) ; KATO Kaori 新潟大学, 教育・学生支援機構, 准教授 (80323997) ; OKI Hirotaka 立命館大学, 教育開発推進機構, 教授 (50290226)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OKADA Yoshiko 長崎大学, 大学教育機能開発センター, 准教授 (40363345) ; SUGIHARA Masaaki 山形大学, 基盤教育院, 准教授 (30379028) ; CHIKADA Masahiro 名古屋大学, 高等教育研究センター, 准教授 (80281062) ; TSUCHIMOTCHI Gary Hoichi 帝京大学, 高等教育開発センター, 教授 (00422064) ; NAKAJIMA Hidehiro 名城大学, 大学・学校づくり研究科, 准教授 (20345862) ; WATANABE Aya 国立教育政策研究所, 高等教育研究部, 総括研究官 (60449105)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-11-18 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: 教育社会学 / 高等教育 / FD

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the future prospects of university teaching qualification and competence. We examine how the pedagogical competence for university teaching is described, and how its quality assurance system is developed and managed in other countries. To accomplish this purpose, the comparative method is utilized to learn from excellent precedents and have implication. As the first step in our analysis, we conduct interviews with actors in other countries, such as UK, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland. Second, we categorize university teaching tasks to extract the university teaching competence. And finally, we present the qualification framework for university teaching.