The discussion took place in a nice restaurant in Elburg, Netherlands, on 24th of September 2015. The participants were asked to reply to questions, writing their answers in post-its. Below, we summarise their replies.
How to involve students in quality improvement?
- Making them aware of the relevance of the acquired competences for the labour market
- Give and take feedback and doing some contracts
- By asking for their feedback not only on the lessons but on the school as well
- Asking them what expectations they have
- By letting them evaluate their lessons after a set period
- By letting them communicate frequently what they think is best and needs to be improved
- Ask them!: let them choose the way to be involved; let them set their quality criteria
- Asking for suggestions for improvement from the students
- Organise students panels
- Sent questionnaires
- Focus group to share with teaches, tutors and didactic coordinators training needs/learning outcomes evaluation
- Inspiration! Inspiration! Inspiration!
- By taking them seriously
How to keep everyone in a school/workplace involved in quality?
- By sharing success stories of the staff in direct contact with “clients”
- Invest time and funds
- Promote, stimulate change
- By involving them
- Showing the advantages they could have for themselves
- To show them future perspective and their engagement
- By showing them that their feedback and suggestions are taken into account
- By working bottom up!
- By making quality their own business
- Ask for people’s input
- Respect people’s views and suggestions
- Put into practice students’recommendations even if not very elaborated
- Be open to criticism
- Listen
- By making quality attractive: show its benefits, keep it easy, keep it clear and purposeful
- By keeping all the actors updated
- By asking them their expectations and involve/consider them
- Reaching viable results
- Model players
How to involve students in quality improvement?
- Making them aware of the relevance of the acquired competences for the labour market
- Give and take feedback and doing some contracts
- By asking for their feedback not only on the lessons but on the school as well
- Asking them what expectations they have
- By letting them evaluate their lessons after a set period
- By letting them communicate frequently what they think is best and needs to be improved
- Ask them!: let them choose the way to be involved; let them set their quality criteria
- Asking for suggestions for improvement from the students
- Organise students panels
- Sent questionnaires
- Focus group to share with teaches, tutors and didactic coordinators training needs/learning outcomes evaluation
- Inspiration! Inspiration! Inspiration!
- By taking them seriously