Quality Assurance and Assessment Models of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285240
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Kansai University of International Studies
• Principal Investigator: Tsukahara Shuichi 関西国際大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 客員教授 (00155334)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 濱名 篤 関西国際大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (90198812)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HAMANA Yoko 関西国際大学, 教育学部, 教授 (60164919) ; YAMAMOTO Hideki 関西国際大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60352952) ; YOSHIDA Takehiro 関西国際大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70512846) ; FUKAHORI Satoko 国立教育政策研究所, 高等教育研究部長 (40361638) ; HAMANAKA Yoshitaka 国立教育政策研究所, 高等教育研究部, 総括研究官 (10321598) ; SAITO Yasuo 国立教育政策研究所, 名誉所員 (30132690) ; MORI Rie 大学改革支援・学位授与機構, 学位審査研究部, 教授 (00271578) ; KAWASHIMA Tatsuo 大阪大学, 高等教育・入試研究開発センター, 教授 (20177679) ; KAWASHIMA Keiji 九州大学, 基幹教育院人文社会科学部門, 教授 (50224770) ; YAMADA Reiko 同志社大学, 社会学部, 教授 (90288986)
• Research Collaborator: YAMAGUCHI Ana Mami 北海道教育大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 教育学 / 高等教育政策 / 質保証 / 学習成果の評価 / 可視化 / チューニング / 全国学力試験 / ルーブリック

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research is to make an international comparison of three assessment models for quality assurance in higher education (HE). In Europe, the curriculum and the level of academic achievement vary across countries. The Tuning project was started in 2000 with the purpose to make the degrees compatible. To this end, it introduced generic and subject specific competences to be used as reference points for common curricula. In 2004 Brazil introduced ENADE, a national exam for direct assessment of learning outcomes. It appears that ENADE has contributed to the improvement of overall quality of HE institutions. In the United States, the VALUE Rubrics were developed in 2007 as a means of assessing student learning outcomes in a more holistic way. This model combines the competences as found in the Tuning and the standardized assessment with the use of the scoring sheets. We found that VALUE Rubrics appear to be the most suitable model for assessing Japanese HE institutions.

Free Research Field

高等教育論