What do teachers think about quality in the Spanish university?

Purpose - This paper aims to present the opinions of teaching staff at Spanish universities regarding the relative importance of a number of quality factors, and perceived levels of development of those factors in the context of their work.Design methodology approach - The paper takes an empirical a...

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Published in:Quality assurance in education 2012-04, Vol.20 (2), p.91-109
Main Authors: Barandiaran-Galdós, Marta, Barrenetxea Ayesta, Miren, Cardona-Rodríguez, Antonio, José Mijangos del Campo, Juan, Olaskoaga-Larrauri, Jon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barriers
Cognition & reasoning
College Administration
College Faculty
Educational Policy
Educational Practices
Educational Quality
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Learning
Opinions
Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Theories
Performance Factors
Quality Assurance
Quality of education
Questionnaires
Spain
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Surveys
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
Universities
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Summary:Purpose - This paper aims to present the opinions of teaching staff at Spanish universities regarding the relative importance of a number of quality factors, and perceived levels of development of those factors in the context of their work.Design methodology approach - The paper takes an empirical approach, with the opinions of teaching staff being collected via questionnaires and by telematic means.Findings - Lecturers surveyed are particularly pessimistic in regard to the conditions in which students enter university, and probably do not share the priorities that education policy authorities and university management bodies proclaim in their discourses and policies.Research limitations implications - This research may be supplemented with the use of more qualitative methods and extended to other geographical and cultural contexts.Practical implications - The opinions of teaching staff comprise useful information for the design of education policies and quality management systems applicable to Spanish universities.Originality value - No studies have to date been conducted in Spain to identify the opinions of university teaching staff in regard to determinants of quality. Taken as a whole, the paper enables a diagnostic analysis to be made of university education quality conditions in Spain from the viewpoint of teaching staff.
ISSN:0968-4883
1758-7662
DOI:10.1108/09684881211219352