Open AccessINTERNATIONALIZATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TERMINOLOGICAL APPARATUS AND CONCEPTUAL BASES OF THE RESEARCH
Author(s) -
I. Yarmak
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vitoki pedagogìčnoï majsternostì
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-6623
pISSN - 2075-146X
DOI - 10.33989/2075-146x.2018.21.206296
Subject(s) - bologna process , internationalization , quality assurance , higher education , normative , internationalization of higher education , political science , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , legitimacy , business , public relations , politics , computer science , marketing , law , international trade , service (business) , operating system , philosophy , epistemology
The research is devoted to the problems of internationalization of quality assurance (QA) in the European Higher Education Area. Based on the application of methods of terminological analysis, systematization and generalization, the characteristic of the conceptual apparatus of the study is given. The importance of such concepts as "internationalization of higher education", "quality assurance of higher education" and " European Higher Education Area " are specified.The definition of the key concept of the study "internationalization of the quality assurance of higher education" as a process and result of the implementation of normative, organizational and procedural principles of the QA at the international level and the legitimization of the international / global dimension of the quality assurance agencies' activities in higher education is formulated. The theoretical, normative, organizational and procedural aspects of the problem under study are outlined.The following conclusions are made regarding trends in the development of the phenomenon under study: 1) the process of internationalization of the QA acquires a systemic character, the approval of international norms for the implementation of the QA process at official summits of the Bologna Process, in the educational legislation of the member states of the Bologna Club, gives them legitimacy; 2) there is an increase in the number of countries participating in the Bologna Process, guided by national practice "Standards and Recommendations for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area"; 3) there is an intensification of the political efforts of the EHEA member states to recognize the cross-border activities of the QA-agencies in assessing the quality of the joint educational programs of universities of different countries and cross-border/ transnational higher education; 4) there is further development of the international political, expert and scientific community in the field of QA, which effectively co-operates within the framework of the European Quality Assurance Forum and has a significant influence on the development of the theoretical, normative, organizational, procedural principles of the internationalization of the QA.