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Report Working group 4. Attitudes towards a possible Eurobachelor in Physics Quality assurance. Urbaan Titulaer, chair Frank van Steenwijk, secr. Claire Demuynck Gintaras Dikcius Jarmo Hietarinta. Acceptance of the “Eurobachelor”. important. somewhat important. unimportant.
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Report Working group 4 • Attitudes towards a possible Eurobachelor in Physics • Quality assurance Urbaan Titulaer, chair Frank van Steenwijk, secr. Claire Demuynck Gintaras Dikcius Jarmo Hietarinta
important somewhat important unimportant Eurobachelor
Expectations for Eurobachelor by region important / somewhat important / unimportant
Questionnaire on quality assurance subjects: Internal quality assurance measures External evaluation Accreditation and benchmarking One questionnaire per country Responses from 34 countries North 12 South 6 New 7 non-EU 9
Course evaluation by students North South New Non-EU (12) (6) (7) (8) Yes, regularly: 24 11 4 6 3 Yes, occasionally: 9 1 2 1 5 No 1 0 0 0 1
Purposes of evaluation North South New Non-EU Quality of teaching 32 12 6 7 7 Determining workload 13 8 1 2 2 Identifying difficulties 20 8 2 3 7
Analysis of causes for drop-out ? Yes 4 Rudimentary 9 No 20 Systematic analysis of examination results ? Yes 3 When needed 19 No 12
Programmes to improve the pedagogical quality of teachers ? North South New Non-EU (12)(6)(7)(9) Yes, by courses or training 10 7 0 3 0 Yes, by mentoring 5 2 0 1 2 No 20 4 6 3 7
Feedback from employers ? North South New Non-EU (12)(6)(7)(9) Yes 1 0 0 0 1 Occasionally 20 8 3 7 2 No 13 4 3 0 6 Feedback from recent graduates ? North South New Non-EU (12)(6)(7)(9) Yes 1 1 0 0 0 Occasionally 20 7 1 5 7 No 13 4 5 2 2
yes, voluntary no, but planned no no info External evaluation ? yes, obligatory
How do you rate the experience ? North South New Non-EU (7)(5)(5)(5) On the whole useful 12 5 3 4 0 Useful, but too much work 10 2 2 1 5 A waste of time 0 0 0 0 0
Consequences from evaluation for the curriculum ? major: 3 minor: 15 none: 6 Consequences for teaching or the organisation of teaching ? major: 5 minor: 11 none: 8 Consequences for the internal quality assurance system ? major: 4 minor: 10 none: 10
yes, obligatory yes, voluntary and common no, but planned no no info Accreditation of study programmes?
How do you rate the experience ? North South New Non-EU (3)(2)(6)(6) On the whole useful 9 3 0 3 3 Useful, but too much work 7 0 1 3 3 Waste of time 1 0 1 0 0
yes no no info Do benchmarks for physics exist ?
Would European benchmarks be useful ? North South New Non-EU (6)(3)(6)(3) Yes 12 3 2 5 2 Maybe 5 2 1 1 1 No 1 1 0 0 0