The extent of teachers’ motivation to improve the quality of teaching triggered by appraisal policies in The University of Pedagogy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hereafter referred as The University) is explored in this paper. The paper reports on a study of the attitudes of department heads and teachers in The University towards appraisal policies that are one of those used to motivate teacher...

The research on different theories and practice of learning present different views on how to make the delivery of learning and teaching activities more responsive to the complex and changing demands of the different stakeholders. Improving the quality of learning and teaching continues to drive institutions and governments to transform education. The concept of quality in education is complex ...

This is a qualitative study that researches school leaders and leadership teams on how to effect and support eight different evaluation performances level of vocational schools in school management. This also promotes teachers in professional development and teaching quality. Through the semi-structured interview for the school's principals, teachers, director of the school management and admin...

This issue of the Journal includes an article on education written by the members of the National Specialty Commission (NSC), concurrently renowned members of the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT is the Spanish acronym). They present the results of the latest session of the voluntary final examination, which the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality hold...

OBJECTIVE To determine faculty perceptions about an evidence-based peer teaching assessment system. METHODS Faculty members who served as instructors and assessors completed questionnaires after year 1 (2002-2003) and year 4 (2005-2006) of the peer assessment program. Factors were evaluated using a Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree) and included logistics, time, fosterin...

The National demands on quality and concentration by Higher Education Institutions to meet these demands compromise the provision of quality teaching, thereby hindering the quality of learning. Also, many systems of external quality assurance are cumbersome, bureaucratic and time-consuming for academics and their effect in improving quality is generally not yet conclusively demonstrated. Compli...

SPOC is characterized by improving teaching effectiveness. Currently open teaching mode is the popular trend, which is mainly related to several aspects: how to carry out teaching practice by using MOOC proprietary, high-quality online teaching resources in open education, that is, deep integration of curriculum resources and teaching design. On the basis of SPOC development, combined with open...