Original scientific paper
AN EXAMPLE OF THE INFORMATICS COURSES PARALLEL FREQUENCY & QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
Nina Lipljin
; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents the complex method of the selected curriculum's quantitative and qualitative analysis and comparison. In the period of research, this method was tested by analysis/comparison of the selected Croatian Information systems curriculum with selected I) Abroad curriculum model and 2) Croatian recommendation. The goals of the research are: a) to investigate quality and consistency more usual usage of the selected Croatian informatics graduate curriculum, and b) to present those processes as a method. Initial hypotheses are: a) as the compound category, the study/education quality primarily depends on curriculum quality, and b) quantitative/qualitative curriculum analysis and its comparison with selected model always can help with its improvement. The results of research were confirmed, and defined the hypothesis through following main conclusions: A) In comparison with both the selected Abroad curriculum model and Croatian recommendation, quantitative analysis has been showing a quite high quality on the selected Croatian Information systems university curriculum, and E) Detailed syllabus analysis confirmed results of the qualitative analysis. On several discussed examples, it was demonstrated how the sensitive points should be located of direct influence on curriculum improvement. Finally, it was concluded, that the presentation of complex method for curriculum quantitative analysis and comparison was successful. It was confirmed that proposed method always could be used in the proving of curriculum quality.
Keywords
information education; parallel frequency analysis; qualitative analysis
Hrčak ID:
78698
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2000.
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