On The Laboratory and Educational Equipment Adoption and…关于实验室和教育设备的采用和.pdfVIP

International Journal of Management Sciences Vol. 6, No. 2, 2015, 39-48 On The Laboratory and Educational Equipment Adoption and Utilization in University: A Case Study at Vinh University 1 2 Dang Hong Linh , Tran Van Canh Abstract In Vietnam, much has been done recently at both the national and university levels in order to improve the quality of higher education. However, not many studies pay attention the importance of equipment and laboratories in universities. Especially, publication discussing about investment and usage of educational equipment and laboratory packages is hard to find. Obviously, laboratory and teaching equipment management plays an important role in training process at universities. Having an appropriate strategy for investing and utilizing educational equipment and laboratories will contribute to the success of a university in terms of improving the quality of learning and teaching. In this context, this paper presents a case study at Vinh university in Vietnam about teaching equipment and laboratories and discusses the tasks of management involved. 1. Introduction The urgent need to enhance learning and teaching activities in higher education in Vietnam universities is increasingly recognized. Many factors shape the quality of learning and teaching. These include, for example, the aptitude and motivation of individual students and their own approaches to learning, the curriculum, the teaching strategies of professors, the size and nature of classes, the ways in which learning is encouraged by assessment processes and feedback, the learning resources (such as libraries, laboratories, and information technology) available and used (Markwell, 2003) (Dang Hong Linh, 2015).