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A Study Of South African Distance Higher Education Quality Assurance

Posted on:2016-02-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M Y DengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2297330470473581Subject:Comparative Education
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Distance higher education, as one of the modern higher education form, has already started in many countries. In 1950’s,distance higher education in South Africa has remarkable achievements in quality assurance.,more than half a century, and made a lot of errorts in the aspect of quality assuran.Based on this, this article ragard the distance higher education quality assurance in South Africa as the research object, using literature method, comparison method and case method and so on, analyzing the external quality assurance and internal quality assurance system,the intention is to guarantee the quality of distance higher education in South Africa to form a clear cognition to improve the distance higher education quality assurance in China gradually.Besides the introduction part,the article is divided into four parts, the first part is about the distance higher education in South Africa and the historical development of quality assurance as the background study, then discusses the quality of distance higher education in South Africa of the external and internal security system, finally, summarize the development of distance higher education quality assurance system in South Africa. South Africa’s distance higher education quality assurance system as the core of the research content, research in two dimensions:The first part is about the South Africa’s distance higher education quality of external security system. Distance higher education in South Africa the external quality assurance system research. Three aspects of external quality assurance are introduced, mainly including policy support, institutional support and funding support.The policy supportt including the policy of 1994 and 2004;Designing and Delivering Distance Education:Quality Criteria and Case Studies from South Africa in 2005 and the Policy for the Provision of Distance Education in South African Universities in the context of an integrated post-school system in 2014. The Council on Higher Education in South Africa and the Higher Education Quality Committee as a government agency for distance higher education in South Africa set out some specific project standards. In addition, the South African Institute for Distance Education as a non-governmental organization guarantee quality of distance higher education in South Africa also plays a big role. Funding mainly reflected in the framework of distance higher education funding, distance higher education in key areas of audit as well as the distance higher education finance policy.Second is university of South Africa for the specific case to introduce the interior of the distance higher education quality assurance system in South Africa. Internal quality assurance of the university of South Africa mainly includes the internal audit, recruit students management, students’ academic evaluation, provides the high quality courses and learning materials, and provide effective learner support service and so on.According to a study of South Africa’s distance higher education quality assurance system we can see that it has perfect security policy, comprehensive security body, specification of remote courses and support system. However, South Africa’s distance higher education quality assurance system is not perfect, it also problems in the aspect of study materials, technical support and scope under the guidance of teachers need to further efforts.
Keywords/Search Tags:South Africa, Distance Higher Education, The Quality Assurance System
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