Fitzsimons, Camilla
(2017)
Rhetoric and reality: The Irish experience
of Quality Assurance.
The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education.
pp. 15-32.
ISSN 0790-8040
Abstract
This paper shares the Irish adult educator’s experiences of Quality Assurance (QA).
Educators are found to be largely supportive of QA but contradictions emerge.
These include philosophical tensions, inconsistent moderation and incongruence
between the stated values of QA and a more powerful government-led employability
discourse.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Quality; quality assurance (QA); accreditation; government policy; evaluation; retrospective and prospective QA; managerialism; neoliberalism; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education |
| Item ID: |
9008 |
| Depositing User: |
Camilla Fitzsimons
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| Date Deposited: |
20 Nov 2017 10:24 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education |
| Publisher: |
AONTAS. The National Adult Learning Organisation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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