Notions of the University Highschool Students About Educational Quality

Authors

  • Norma Graciella Heredia Soberanis Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
  • Rubí Surema Peniche Cetzal Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/2017docere1789

Keywords:

upper secondary education, educational quality, perception of quality in high school

Abstract

Under the neoliberal ideology that currently dominates the field of formal education, the term "quality" is present in the formulation of goals and strategic objectives included in institutional plans, technically representing a macro-criterion to evaluate it. According to Gago (2002), using only the term "quality" without any accompanying qualifier is ambiguous, as stating that something is of quality is an obviousness, since everything has quality, even if it is bad. This author points out that the essence of evaluation lies in the adjective that must be added to the noun "quality," and thus finding the most appropriate adjective, that is, the correct and true qualification of the quality of something, is the purpose of evaluation. Consequently, when discussing the quality of educational programs, it is desirable to have transparent and precise evaluation processes in their paradigms, approaches, and methods, so that the results revealed are credible, valid, and reliable.

 

Translated by Alexia Carolina Cruz Rodríguez

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Author Biographies

Norma Graciella Heredia Soberanis, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Doctora en Investigación Educativa para el mejoramiento del currículo y de las Organizaciones Escolares; profesora titular de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán; ha impartido las siguientes asignaturas en la Licenciatura en Educación: Teoría curricular, Diseño de programas de formación con grupos vulnerados; y en la Maestría en Investigación Educativa: Teoría curricular, Seminario de tesis.

Rubí Surema Peniche Cetzal, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

Doctora en Investigación Educativa para el mejoramiento del currículo y de las Organizaciones Escolares; profesora investigadora del Departamento de Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes; ha impartido las siguientes asignaturas en posgrado en la Maestría en Investigación Educativa: Redacción de textos científicos, Técnicas no estructuradas para la recolección de datos; y en pregrado: Didáctica general.

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Published

2017-12-15

How to Cite

Heredia Soberanis, N. G., & Peniche Cetzal, R. S. (2017). Notions of the University Highschool Students About Educational Quality. DOCERE, (17), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.33064/2017docere1789

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