Activity-target methodology - a new mechanism for assessing the quality of education

Abstract

The results of the functioning of the federal system for assessing the quality of the activities of the leading universities of the Russian Federation for the period from 2020 to the present with changes in domestic legislation, as well as world experience in assessing the activities of educational organizations, based on the competence approach, are considered. The author’s Methodology is presented, in which competence is considered as an educational goal, which is achieved through the joint educational activities of participants in educational relations - a teacher and a student in the framework of the implementation of a professional educational program engineering (including biotechnology and bioengineering). It is based on the method of decomposition of competence into keys-descriptors, which are compared with the results of training, the topics of work programs of disciplines (modules) and practices, tasks of assessment materials. The theoretical basis of the developed Methodology is the taxonomy of B. Boom, as well as authoritative Russian scientists. Practical approbation of the work was carried out in 2022-2023 at seminars, forums at DSTU and other leading universities of the Rostov region and Russia, as well as structural divisions of the Ministry of Education and Science and Rosobrnadzor. The introduction of the Methodology into the practice of universities will improve the existing (or re-create) mechanism for assessing the quality of educational activities and successfully fulfill accreditation indicators during the expert procedure of the two branches of DSTU. The article is useful for employees, managers and scientific and pedagogical workers of educational organizations, expert organizations that provide methodological, information and analytical support for external quality assessment, licensing of educational activities, as well as other responsible persons - experts involved in its implementation.