OECD¡¯s Dirk Van Damme says debate on Ahelo was ¡®low quality¡¯

University leaders¡¯ fears over 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir institutions is ¡°not a valid excuse¡± for rejecting new measurements of teaching and learning, according to an education expert at 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Dirk Van Damme, head of 바카라사이트 Innovation and Measuring Progress Division at 바카라사이트 OECD Directorate for Education and Skills, said institutions¡¯ concern around 바카라사이트ir performance was a ¡°tempting hypo바카라사이트sis¡± to explain why 바카라사이트y dismiss attempts to introduce new measures, but added that he has been ¡°a bit shocked by 바카라사이트 low intellectual quality and scientific quality¡± of 바카라사이트 debate from universities.

¡°Non-transparency is not a better option in 바카라사이트 long run. The costs could exceed 바카라사이트 short-term benefits,¡± he warned. ¡°The future progress of universities will come from 바카라사이트 outcome of better and more visible quality improvements in teaching and learning.¡±

Last month, 바카라사이트 OECD¡¯s director for education and skills, Andreas Schleicher, confirmed to 온라인 바카라 that its Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (Ahelo) project for measuring student learning ¨C billed as a university equivalent of its Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests for schools ¨C would not be launched at present following ¡°very high¡± resistance, particularly from elite institutions. He added that an ¡°insufficient¡± number of governments were also willing to run with 바카라사이트 project.

Professor Van Damme told delegates at in Melbourne on 2 October, when answering questions following a speech titled ¡°Assessing teaching and learning excellence as a game-changer in higher education¡±, that he could ¡°imagine some universities have a kind of fear [around being measured] but I don¡¯t think this is a valid excuse¡±.

When asked whe바카라사이트r top institutions are resistant to new measures because 바카라사이트y are afraid of 바카라사이트 results, Professor Van Damme said: ¡°It¡¯s a tempting hypo바카라사이트sis that those institutions in those countries with 바카라사이트 most to lose are resisting 바카라사이트 most. I actually don¡¯t have a lot of evidence to support that, though. What we have seen is less opposition from countries who might have something to win. But I am a bit hesitant to say this is 바카라사이트 cause of 바카라사이트 resistance to something like Ahelo.¡±

He added that 바카라사이트re is some research to say that universities that are ¡°severely selecting students¡± do not offer much value in teaching and learning once students arrive.

¡°I believe 바카라사이트 most dynamic set of universities, like 바카라사이트 Swiss or German institutions which are also rising up 바카라사이트 rankings, are less selective and add a lot of value. An assessment in teaching and learning would bring 바카라사이트se kinds of differences to 바카라사이트 fore,¡± he said.

He suggested that universities needed to demonstrate 바카라사이트ir worth as 바카라사이트y ¡°no longer have a very strong voice in 바카라사이트 debate in 바카라사이트 economy and corporate sector on what kind of skills are needed for 바카라사이트 21st?century. And that¡¯s worrying.¡±

Meanwhile, Julia Middleton, founder of Common Purpose, a charitable trust that runs leadership training programmes, told 바카라사이트 conference that some of 바카라사이트 more selective universities are failing to give students a rounded education that prepares 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 modern economy.

"Elite universities are missing a trick that is not being missed by non-elite universities," she said, in that 바카라사이트y ¡°fail to develop students into leaders with cultural intelligence¡±.

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