In Quest of Educational Quality in the UAE
Document Type
Book Chapter
Source of Publication
Education in the United Arab Emirates
Publication Date
5-18-2019
Abstract
Quality assurance started as a corporate-related process in the 1960s but later became a highly sought-after objective in educational and academic contexts. The growing interest in quality assurance has been the result of government and business expectations, as well as competition in the higher education marketplace. One such growing market for quality assurance is the United Arab Emirates, where public formal education has only existed since the 1970s. This chapter focuses on the quest for what can be considered as the Holy Grail within the context of each of the previous chapters in this edited book, namely, quality education. The chapter offers a synopsis of the fast-paced developments and ongoing activities in quality assurance in education in the United Arab Emirates. Federal and emirate-based initiatives will be presented and discussed while reflecting on lessons learned and offering recommendations whenever possible.
DOI Link
Publisher
Springer Singapore
First Page
161
Last Page
179
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Tamim, Rana M. and Colburn, Linda K., "In Quest of Educational Quality in the UAE" (2019). All Works. 1983.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1983
Indexed in Scopus
no
Open Access
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