MANANGING QUALITY MATTERS FOR QUALITY LEARNING: A UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA AND UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG COMPARATIVE GAZE
Keywords:
Quality, teaching and learning, University of Würzburg, University of Namibia, transformation.Abstract
Quality is a slippery and elusive concept to define in a higher education setting. It is like justice and love, thus; it lies in the eyes of the beholder. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to discuss the concept the contrast and similarities of quality in the University of Namibia, Namibia and University of Würzburg, Germany. The chapter revealed that quality can be defined from different perspectives depending on where it is viewed from. However, the seminaries on quality as a transformation are found in tow universities, were quality aims at seeing transformation for better while in Germany that transformation is viewed from the lens of transformative research.
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