Student Evaluation in Higher Education Reconceptualising the Studen
This book provides a comprehensive and engaging analysis of the purpose and function of student evaluation in higher education. It explores its foundations and the emerging functions, as well as its future potential to improve the quality of university te
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Student Evaluation in Higher Education Reconceptualising the Student Voice
Student Evaluation in Higher Education
Stephen Darwin
Student Evaluation in Higher Education Reconceptualising the Student Voice
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Stephen Darwin Universidad Alberto Hurtado Santiago Chile and University of Canberra Canberra Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-41892-6 ISBN 978-3-319-41893-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41893-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016944342 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
For my father, who always passionately believed in the liberating power of education, and in my potential where others did not.
Preface
This book considers the foundations, function and potential of student evaluation in higher education. It is particularly focused on the work of formal methods of deriving student feedback, primarily in the form of end-of-semester, quantitative surveys. Conventionally such surveys pose a range of closed answer questions about teaching, teachers, curriculum, assessment and support issues and offer students a Likert-type rating scale ranging from the strong agreement to strong disagreement. They sometimes also include the opportunity for a limited number of open-ended comments by students. Student evaluation is now a ubiquitous and formidable presence in many universities and higher education systems. For instance, it is increasingly critical to the internal and external quality assurance strategies of universities in the USA, the UK and Australia. Student opinion is an increasingly important arbiter of teaching quality in higher education environments, gradually being institutionalised as a valid comparative performance measure on such things as the quality of teachers and teaching, programmes and assessment, and levels of institutional suppor
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