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dc.contributor.authorBorch, Iris Helene
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-01T14:31:41Z
dc.date.available2020-12-01T14:31:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-07
dc.description.abstractStudent course evaluation is a mandatory part of quality assurance systems in Norwegian higher education, aiming to enhance educational quality. However, several studies report that student course evaluation mainly is used for quality assurance and not for quality enhancement. Drawing upon translation theory, this paper analyses how the quality assurance system (QAS) that regulates evaluation, the actors and the arenas of translation at a Norwegian university affect student evaluation practice and its uses. Academic leaders were interviewed and evaluation documents analysed. Results show that the leaders were not familiar with the university’s established guidelines for an ideal evaluation practice in QAS. The academics described an evaluation practice that seems to be more internal-driven rooted in their values, previous experiences, local cultures and traditions rather than on regulations like QAS. Their translation of evaluation can be regarded as modified translation. The academics’ approach to evaluation seems to be based upon a logic of appropriateness. The different actors involved in evaluation processes seem to base their actions on contradicting logics. This can help understand why a de-coupling from evaluation described in QAS occurred. These findings and the academics’ perspectives should be taken into consideration when future evaluation systems are created.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBorch. Lost in translation: from the university's quality assurance system to student evaluation practice. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 2020en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1839745
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/20020317.2020.1818447
dc.identifier.issn2002-0317
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/19951
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBorch, I.H. (2021). Student evaluation practice: A qualitative study on how student evaluation of teaching, courses and programmes are carried out and used. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21920>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21920</a>
dc.relation.journalNordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Education: 280en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280en_US
dc.titleLost in translation: from the university's quality assurance system to student evaluation practiceen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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