programme activities | support | incentives | ||
| Curriculum design | Programme mission statements
Course goal statements | Curriculum review committees
Departmental reviews External examiners | Visiting scholars, consultants | Intrinsic values based on the academic discipline
Accreditation by professional bodies |
| Pedagogical design | Departmental workshops on teaching method innovation
(e.g., using information technology) | Teaching improvement units workshops and consultation | Views about how to achieve educational quality
Desires to save time or money | |
| Implementation quality | Written statements on teaching quality & the balance of teaching and research
Policies regarding student feedback on teaching quality Policies regarding use of teaching improvement units | Student evaluation questionnaires
Student-staff consultative committees Peer review of teaching Workshops on improving one's teaching | Teaching improvement units
Assistance on the design and processing of teaching evaluation questionnaires | Caring about students
Professional pride Teaching awards Inclusion of teaching evaluation in staff reviews and promotion committees |
| Outcomes assessment | Tracer studies of graduates
Discussions with employers | Research projects dealing with student outcomes | ||
| Resource provision | Planning processes associated with resource allocation | One-line budgeting based on student numbers (ìmarket forcesî) | Special funds for teaching improvement projects | Desires to maintain or enhance staff size
Teaching evaluation at the time of appointment |