Developing a model for internal evaluation of departments of Iranian universities with metaevaluation approach

Developing a model for internal evaluation of departments of Iranian universities with metaevaluation approachHojat gholamzadeh Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IranSakine shahi Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IranHamid Farhadi rad Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IranSeyed abbas razaviDepartment of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IranAbstractThe present study is to meta-evaluate the status qua of higher education internal evaluation and subsequently propose a meta-evaluation model. In so doing, a qualitative design is used. In-depth Semi-structured interview was used to gather data from the informants. In addition, document analysis was conducted. To analyze data, free coding, axial coding and selective coding were used. The proposed meta-evaluation model was comprised of three primary constructs, e.g. context of internal evaluation (cultural aspect, paradigm aspect, structural aspect, and quality aspect), content of internal evaluation (model, goals, and indicators), and execution of internal evaluation (pre-execution, while execution, and post-execution). Finally, necessary steps are presented to approach meta-evaluation. Keywords: higher education, quality evaluation, internal evaluation, meta-evaluation