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Efforts to sustain quality assurance |
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Although its programmes
are currently subject to external validation, HKIEd does
not simply rely on external processes alone. There are
comprehensive internal mechanisms for monitoring and assuring
programme quality .... HKIEd's internal programme assessment
process is informed by a structure of external examiners
and advisors who play a role down to the programme module
level. |
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Priority given to continuous improvement |
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The Panel observed
that HKIEd draws on a wide range of sources for benchmarking
purposes and for continuous monitoring of programme quality.
These typically include international education literature,
results from surveys of students, graduates and school
principals, and the input of external advisors. ...HKIEd's
successful school partnership programme, besides being
a mechanism to expose students to a variety of real-life
teaching experiences, is also a valuable source of information
for programme development and improvement. |
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Professional development of staff |
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Issues arising
from the condition and needs of education in Hong Kong,
and of the enterprise of teacher education itself, now
feature in the Institute's policy in research/ scholarly
activities. HKIEd uses professional development to improve
its own teaching as well as teaching in schools. |
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HKIEd's efforts
in recent years to upgrade the overall quality of its
academic staff have yielded significant results with over
48% of its staff obtaining doctorates. All but a handful
of the remainder are qualified to masters level. |
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HKIEd's understanding of its role |
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[HKIEd] exists
to train and educate caring and professional teachers
who will serve the needs of Hong Kong schools' and pursues
that role and goal with conviction and enthusiasm. This
in turn means that the entire institution, including students
as well as staff, is immersed in a highly focused and
purposeful collective discourse. |
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