The Decisive Role of Educator in Ensuring the Vietnam Tertiary Education Quality
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Abstract
Many studies show that accreditation and education quality assurance achieve a large number of results relating to the quality of training programs, the quality of higher education institutions and contribute to the increase of international publications and domestic publications. But little scientific theoretical research has been done on these matters. Therefore, the article applies system theory, instructional leadership theory, bureaucracy theory and method of content analysis to clarify the decisive role of educators in the quality and effectiveness of education and training in Vietnam. This study founded that the basic and most important concepts such as "education quality" and "education quality standards", "tertiary education quality" and "tertiary education quality standards" have not been explained. Some provisions of the education law, such as regulations on the decisive role of educator in ensuring the education quality and on academic autonomy, are inadequately implemented. Therefore, the proposed solution is, on the one hand, to clarify and fully implement the legal provisions on "education quality", academic autonomy, “academic freedom” in effective ways without lavish. On the other hand, it is necessary to focus on implementing solutions to govern, manage, accredit, ensure and improve "education efficiency" which is understood as a solution that maximizes the benefits of education and minimizes its physical, financial and human costs.
Keywords:
Education quality, education effectiveness, quality accreditation, quality assurance, theory.
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