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The Cultural Analysis On The Higher Education Quality Assurance System In England

Posted on:2010-06-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360272971280Subject:Higher Education
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There has been a long history of higher education in England and the universities are famous as their "elite education". The higher education quality has closed relation with the unique quality assurance system of higher education. The unique quality assurance system for higher education also benefited from its unique cultural traditions. Exploring the culture force in the building of higher education quality assurance system and identifying the culture impact through the familar quality assurance system in different countries in the globalization time are both benefit for us. We can grasp the content of culture deeply and improve our quality assurance system.Inspect the evolution of higher education quality assurance system from the perspective of the culture in the United Kingdom, We can find that the cultural influence: Liberalism lay the foundation of traditional Academic Self-discipline. Because of the deep-rooted tradition of liberalism, higher education institutions always pay attention to the quality of internal assurance, and can effectively resist the intervention from the outside world. The intermediary organizations of higher education play an important role in the higher education quality assurance system. Its formation and development is also impacted by liberalism. Conservatism makes the academic authority of early higher education quality assurance activities establish. "Academic Self-discipline" tradition can survive. Quality assurance institutions and quality assurance methods have also been impacted by conservatism. On the whole, the Conservatism make the British higher education quality assurance system's development has shown a gradual changes in character; Gentleman culture guide the trends of higher education quality assurance system, although the higher education quality assurance system has several changes, but concerning the quality of teaching has always been the main line. Culture are important forces, It has played a subtle role in influencing the development in the UK higher education quality assurance system and the development.Based on the history of enlightenment, we can not ignore the impact of cultural traditions in the processing of reforming and improving our quality assurance system of higher education. In order to build the ideal model of higher education quality assurance system with Chinese characteristics, we should grasp the nation roots in change of times, innovate the tradition culture in the processing of heritaging the traditional culture.
Keywords/Search Tags:Higher education, Quality assurance, Culture
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