A Comparative Study on the Evaluation Mechanism of Higher Education between Nordic Countries and Taiwan

• Main Authors: CHENG JU FANG, 鄭如芳
• Other Authors: 王保進
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78274205649348805342

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 教育行政與評鑑研究所 === 95 === The purpose of the study is to compare the evaluation mechanism of higher education between Nordic countries and Taiwan to be the reference resources of establishing Taiwan’s higher education evaluation mechanism in the future. First, the theory the concept, and the connotation about the evaluation mechanism of higher education will be put into probe. Second, the connotation and the current performance about the evaluation mechanism of higher education will also be introduced to promote understanding about this mechanism. Then, the connotation of the evaluation mechanism of higher education between Nordic countries and Taiwan will be compared. Finally, concrete suggestions to promote the development of Taiwan’s higher education evaluation mechanism will be proposed according to the analyzed results. These proposed suggestions can be the reference resources for higher education, universities, and administrative organizations of education. The following conclusions has obtained by adopting comparative research method developed by G. Z. F. Bereday. 1. European countries and Taiwan should develop individual quality insurance mechanism to be suitable for individual higher education. 2. Four countries in Nordic as well as Taiwan have evaluation mechanism of higher education in difference duty and property. 3. To prompt education and research qualities is the main target of the evaluation mechanism of higher education of Nordic countries as well as Taiwan. 4. The content and the standard of evaluation mechanism are similar between Nordic countries and Taiwan, and it can be classified into five items. 5. The evaluation mechanism of higher education of Nordic countries and Taiwan includes self-evaluation and site visit. 6. It is approximate the same in dealing with the result between the evaluation mechanism of higher education of Nordic countries and Taiwan. 7. The result application is different from the evaluation mechanism of higher education of Nordic countries and Taiwan. 8. The developments to the evaluation mechanism of higher education of Nordic countries and Taiwan are different. 9. Self improvement mechanism to improve the educational quality is included in the evaluation mechanism of higher education of Nordic countries as well as Taiwan. 10. The evaluation mechanism of higher education of Taiwan is divided into seven steps so far. Based on the major findings, the study provides suggestion for administrative organizations of education as reference of policy-making and further research.