Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Higher education is a particularly complex site for enhancement initiatives. This book offers those involved in change a coherent conceptual overview of enhancement approaches, of the change context, and of the probable interactions between them.

The book sets enhancement within a particular type of change dynamic which focuses on social practices. The aim is to base innovation and change on the probabilities of desired outcomes materializing, rather than on the romanticism of policies that underestimate the sheer difficulty of making a difference. Following a theoretical introduction to these ideas, there are case studies (from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Norway) at the national, institutional, departmental and individual levels, illustrating the argument that enhancement is best achieved when it works with social practices in real institutional and organizational settings.

In a final section, the authors link the case examples and theoretical frameworks, inviting readers to consider their own enhancement situations and apply the 'frameworks for action' offered in earlier sections of the book. The book doesn’t offer quick-fix solutions but aims to support change with practical examples, conceptual tools and reflexive questions for those involved in change at all levels. It is key reading for higher education lecturers, managers, educational developers and policy makers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-03-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN:9780335233755

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Mer om författaren

Veronica Bamber is Director of the Centre for Academic Practice at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. Paul Trowler is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.Murray Saunders is Director of the Centre for the Study of Education and Training (CSET) and Chair of Evaluation in Education and Work at Lancaster University, UK.Peter Knight, late of the Open University's Institute for Educational Technology.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementThe ContributorsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction - Continuities, Enhancement and Higher EducationChapter 2: Enhancement TheoriesTheme 1: Influencing the DisciplinesChapter 3: Theme 1 IntroductionChapter 4, Theme 1: Changing the Rules of Engagement: down the Disciplinary RoadChapter 5, Theme 1: Layers of the Onion: a Subject Centre in its Institutional ContextChapter 6, Theme 1: Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk: the Work of an LTSN Subject Centre.Chapter 7, Theme 1: Against the Grain: e-Assessment in the Physical Sciences.Chapter 8, Theme 1: Commentary on the CasesTheme 2: The Scottish Way: a Distinctive Approach to EnhancementChapter 9: Theme 2 IntroductionChapter 10, Theme 2: Up and Down the Implementation Staircase: a Focus on Thematic Approaches to Change.Chapter 11, Theme 2: Carrots but no Sticks: Resource-led Enhancement.Chapter 12, Theme 2: PASS the WordChapter 13, Theme 2: Exchange and Art: Intradisciplinary Learning.Chapter 14, Theme 2: Commentary on the CasesTheme 3: Developing Frameworks for ActionChapter 15: Theme 3 IntroductionChapter 16, Theme 3: Strong Vision, Low Prescription: Compulsory Lecturer Training.Chapter 17, Theme 3: Rehearsing the Realities of Management: Making the Tacit Explicit.Chapter 18, Theme 3: Changing Learning Architectures, Shifting Practices.Chapter 19, Theme 3: Bringing New Learning to Old Cultures.Chapter 20, Theme 3: Commentary on the CasesTheme 4: Challenging Practices in Learning, Teaching, Assessment and CurriculumChapter 21: Theme 4 IntroductionChapter 22, Theme 4: Contesting discourses in higher education curriculum.Chapter 23, Theme 4: Academic Development as Changing Social Practice: The Generic Attributes Project.Chapter 24, Theme 4: Frustrated Aspirations - Discovering the Limits of a Virtual Learning EnvironmentChapter 25, Theme 4: Freedom to Innovate, Freedom to ResistChapter 26, Theme 4: Commentary on the CasesChapter 27: Making Practical Sense of Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and CurriculumReferences