2022 Volume 44 Issue 2 Pages 106-111
In university education, it is required to promote quality assurance in three aspects: university-wide, program-wide, and class-wide, and to link them organically. In particular, it is important to strengthen the linkage between program evaluation and improvement according to the characteristics of each specialized field, while developing an internal quality assurance system and utilizing the institutional research (IR) function. However, sharing knowledge on good practices and tips for program evaluation and improvement based on data is not sufficient. In this roundtable we focus on the humanities and art fields to elucidate the current status and issues in using educational information and IR in faculties, based on the results of our previous research. After reviewing the results of the national and the interview surveys, we will discuss the challenges and prospects for the development of tips.
Based on the good practices extracted from the interview survey, five proposed guidelines that will serve as the pillars of the tips are tentatively formulated as follows. 1: Clarifying the purpose, questions, evaluation approach, and evaluation indicators and criteria; 2: Collecting data to answer evaluation questions; 3: Analyzing data and evaluating questions; 4: Sharing evaluation results and recommendations with stakeholders; 5: Developing an organizational structure and IR function to support evaluation and improvement. Future research issues should include adjusting the appropriate number and hierarchy of subcategories supporting each guideline according to the classification and organization of good practices based on the five proposed guidelines.
