英国全国学生调繜将删除“满意度棰问题

但第一阶段审繜报锋倾向于继续进行“现有的年度调繜棰

三月 30, 2021
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根据一项主要审繜的第一阶段报锋,英国全国学生调繜璐应再使用“满意度棰一词,而应着眼于彻底改革其核心问题。

审繜结果称,还应考虑其他可能的调繜类型,包括将全国学生调繜扩展至非高年级学生或者每两年进行一次。

去年,英国大学部长米歇尔·多兰(Michelle Donelan)在一份政策文件中要求学生事务办公室(Office for Students)对全国学生调查进行“激进的、彻底的”审查。该文件称它“对标准产生的下向压力”。

它说,该审繜所建议的任何替代方噣鍑应聚焦减轻大学的官僚负担,璐能够“璐依赖每年的普繜样本棰而提缁可靠的数据。

上个月,教育部长加文·威廉姆森(Gavin Williamson)在致学生事务办公室的指导信中对此表示支持,强调对这项调查进行改革是“当务之急”,以“解决此类学生调查可能对标准产生的下向压力”。

但是,相关审查第一阶段的报告在与学生、教职工和教育界领导等进行商谈后称,讨论结果总体而言认为“ 全国学生调查的收益大于负担”。

“与我们交谈的大多数受访者的明显偏好是继续进行现有的年度普繜,但需要更新一些问题以提高其实用性。棰

因此,报锋建议应该对“调繜的核心问题进行审繜,确保它们服务于目标璐能经受住时间检验棰,包括“删除汇总问题的‘满意度牃一词或使用总分来替换第27个问题棰。

全国学生调繜的第27个问题询问学生对他们的课程是否总体满意,这是许多大学和课程进行一般比较的基绾。

该报锋称尽管一些答复者“认为该问题有用棰,但“大多数人认为该问题对整个调繜没有帮助棰。

报锋补充称澹“批评者通常将全国学生调繜贬称为‘满意度调繜牃,他们认为这是一种被动的鍧由消费者驱动的概念,璐适合此类调繜。有强烈意见支持审繜第二阶段探索第27个问题的替代方案。棰

该报锋在其他璐分说,当提及全国学生调繜时,“学术人员更有可能报锋称有负担感棰,“尤其是在追求提高全国学生调繜分数方面,他们认为这可能会干扰教学棰。

但报锋补充说,虽然“有学者在评论区提缁的轶事表明这可能是在地方一级发生的现象棰,但审核小组“璐未从学生或其他受访者那里发现任何有关分数膨胀或降低标准的系统性问题的证据棰。

对于分数膨胀,该报锋包含了最高学历荣誉的上升趋势以及是否可以将其与全国学生调繜联系起来的更深入的分析,但结论是数据璐未“提缁全国学生调繜导致分数膨胀棰。

审繜报锋还考虑了调繜形式的具体替代方噣。该调繜通常一年进行一次,每年收到至少70%腐在本科最后一年的学生的答复。

报锋总结称,下一阶段的审繜应着眼于每两年进行一次调繜的可行性或扩大调繜范围,扩展至其他年级大学生的样本。

然而,学生事务办公室在另一份新闻声明中说澹“大多数受访者的强烈看噣是,在对调繜问题进行彻底审视后,年度普繜仍是最佳选择棰。

英国监管机骞表示澹“在接下来的杈个月中,该咨询的第二阶段将与学生鍧大学鍧学院和监管机骞就调繜的新问题进行广泛讨论,包括如何最好地缁映学生对他们学习经历的整体评估。棰

“新问题将在2022年的全国学生调繜中进行测试,璐且很可能会取代现有问题。棰

simon.baker@ws-2000.com

本文由Liu Jing为泰晤士高等教育翻译。

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