Book Chapter
Quality Assurance and School Monitoring
Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, David Gurr, Eiko Izawa, Heidi Knipprath, Lee In-Hyo, Michael A Mel, Terry Palmer, Wen-Jing Shan, Zhang Yenming
International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region | Springer Netherlands | Published : 2003
Abstract
Responding to the rapid development of new knowledge, new technology and globalisation, education quality, quality assurance and school monitoring are key policy issues in many countries around the world, particularly those in the Asia-Pacific region (Cheng & Townsend, 2000). Quality in education can be defined in a number of ways, including the fitness of educational outputs for use (Juran & Gryna, 1988); the achievement of the mission and goals (Crosby, 1979; Mukhopadhyay, 2001); adding values to students or institutes (Saunders, 1999); continuous improvement (Deming, 1986); excellence, exceptional or high standard (Gaither, 1998); lack of defects (Crosby, 1979); and satisfying the needs a..
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