澳大利亚本科教育评估与改进的经验

Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Education: The Australian Experience

本文追溯澳大利亚本科教育的最新发展，主要论述在过去10年间有关高等教育评估与加强本科教育质量所做的努力；探讨在高等教育系统层次上质量保障与评估的框架，特别是采用“课程体验问卷”〈CEQ〉作为教学质量指标的调查状况；总结了可资借凿的澳大利亚经验，以及澳大利亚本科教育目前存在的一些问题。

This paper traces recent developments in Australian undergraduate education， focusing on efforts to evaluate and enhance the quality of undergraduate education over the past decade. The paper focuses on system-level quality assurance and evaluation frame works， in particular the use of the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) as an indicator of the quality of teaching. The paper summarizes the lessons that can be learned from the Australian experience and concludes with a brief outline of some of the contemporary issues in Australian undergraduate education.