Alma Mater
ISSN 1026-955X
Vestnik Vysshey Shkoly (Higher School Herald)
The best way to learn all about Higher Education

=

Historical analysis of origin and development of quality assurance systems in higher education in France

N.V. Tikhonova
$2.50

UDC 378:005.6(44)

https://doi.org/10.20339/AM.09-20.113             

 

N.V. Tikhonova is senior lecturer at Institute of international relations of Kazan (Volga region) Federal University e-mail: nvtihonova@kpfu.ru

 

Presented is historical analysis of development of quality assurance systems in higher education in Europe, starting from the first forms of control of learning outcomes and ending with the current quality assurance system. The authors attempted to comprehensively cover the research problem, answering the following questions: where and when did the tradition of control of the education quality began, what were the first quality management systems and what functions did they perform, what were their strengths and weaknesses, how did the forms of quality control in education change with changing in the political and economic situation in society. In this paper, the quality assurance in education is considered as a process of monitoring of student achievements and as an assessment of the educational institution. Special attention is paid to the origins of quality assurance in France’s higher education, since this country played an outstanding role in the world history, and in none of the other countries have the social movements and political struggle around the educational problems taken such acute forms as in France. In addition, unlike most other countries, in France, as in Russia, there was and still is a centralized system of education management, which determines the priority interest of France for Russian researchers.

Key words: higher education, education quality, quality assurance, quality evaluation, assessment, university, student, France.

 

References

1. Bairampas, T.V. Development of notions about evaluation of quqlity in interconnection with changes of paradigm of education. Quality of education. 2015. No. 7–8. P. 10–15.

2. Vorozheykina, O.L., Pokladok, E.B., Tarasyuk, L.N. Systems for guaranteeing  of quality of higher education in Europe countries (example of Great Britain, Germany, France and Swiss). Moscow, 2013.

3. Dushin, O.E. Middle Ages universities: at origins of European higher education. Vestnik of SPbGU. 2013. Iss. 2. P. 26–31.

4. De Korte, E. Analysis of activity of universities of Western Europe: from of evaluation of quality to accreditation. Problems of education. 2014. No. 4. P. 36–57.

5. Zvonnikov, V.I. Quality of education, or something new about ageing problem. Higher education today. 2009. No. 8. P. 26–31.

6. Kornetov, G.B. Breeding in primitive society: origin, meaning, evolution. Moscow, 1993.

7. Ratner, F.L., Tikhonova, N.V. Comparative survey of management of quality of education in France and Canada. In: Quality of higher and professional education in post-industrial epoch: meaning, securing, problems. Kazan, 2016. P. 104–109.

8. Skripnik, K.D. Great charter of universities and historical bases of it’s principles. Izvestia of Ural federal university. 2015. No. 1 (135). P. 50–60.

9. Suvorov, N.S. Middle Ages universities. Moscow, 2014.

10. Tikhonova, N.V. Pedagogical monitoring of quality of education at higher schools of France. Pedagogy. 2019. No. 10. P. 114–123.

11. Uvarov, P.Yu. History of intellectuals and intellectual labor in Middle Ages Europe. Moscow, 2000.

 

Bibliographic sources in French

1. Barnabas, С.С. Evolution of Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Quality of Education. 2015. No. 7–8. P. 10–15.

2. Caplat, G. (1984) Pour une histoire de l’administration de l’enseignement. Histoire de l’education. No. 25. P. 11–51.

3. Charle, C., Verger, J. (2012) Histoire des universités XIIe–XXIe siècle. Presses Universitaires de France.

4. Ehrhardt, C., D’Enfert, R. (2014) La statistique éducative, outil de gouvernement et de mobilisation des enseignants ? Le cas de l'enquête de l'an VII sur les écoles centrales. Histoire & mesure. Vol. XXIX. P. 9–40.

5. Fave-Bonnet, M.F. (2003) L’évaluation dans les universités en Europe : une décennie de changements. Revue des sciences de l'éducation. No. 2. P. 319–336.

6. Guillaume, J. (1804) Procès-verbaux du Comité d'instruction publique de la Convention Nationale, tome 5, 17 fructidor an II (3 septempre 1794) — 30 ventôse an III (20 mars 1795). Paris, Imrimerie nationale.

7. Gramain, P. (2013) Au temps de la Société Royale de Médecine Med Sci (Paris). No. 6–7, Vol.29, juin-juillet. P.656–663.

8. König-Pralong, С. (2008) Évaluations des savoirs d’importation dans l’université médiévale: Henri de Gand en position d’expert. Revue européenne des sciences sociales. Vol. XLVI–141. P. 11–28.

9. Leon, A., Roche, P. (2018) Histoire de l’enseignement en France. Presses Universitaires de France.

10. Rey, R. (1993) L'École de santé de Paris sous la Révolution: transformations et innovations. Histoire de l'éducation. No.57. P. 23–57.