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March 29, 2017
Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education: Theory, Cases, Practices
- Author
- Bamber, Veronica; Trowler, Paul; Saunders, Murray; and Knight, Peter
- Publisher
- Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education, New York
- ISBN
- 9780335233755
- Table of Contents
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List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface
ch. 1 Introduction - Continuities, Enhancement and Higher Education
ch. 2 Enhancement Theories Theme 1: Influencing the Disciplines
Theme 1 Influencing the disciplines
ch. 3 Introduction
ch. 4 Changing the Rules of Engagement: down the Disciplinary Road
ch. 5 Layers of the Onion: a Subject Centre in its Institutional Context
ch. 6 Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk: the Work of an LTSN Subject Centre
ch. 7 Against the Grain: e-Assessment in the Physical Sciences
ch. 8 Commentary on the Cases Theme 2: The Scottish Way: a Distinctive Approach to Enhancement
Theme 2 The Scottish way: a distinctive approach to enhancement
ch. 9 Introduction
ch. 10 Up and Down the Implementation Staircase: a Focus on Thematic Approaches to Change
ch. 11 Carrots but no Sticks: Resource-led Enhancement
ch. 12 PASS the Word
ch. 13 Exchange and Art: Intradisciplinary Learning
ch. 14 Commentary on the Cases
Theme 3 Developing frameworks for action
ch. 15 Introduction
ch. 16 Strong Vision, Low Prescription: Compulsory Lecturer Training
ch. 17 Rehearsing the Realities of Management: Making the Tacit Explicit
ch. 18 Changing Learning Architectures, Shifting Practices
ch. 19 Bringing New Learning to Old Cultures
ch. 20 Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum
Theme 4 Challenging practicers in learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum
ch. 21 Introduction
ch. 22 Contesting discourses in higher education curriculum
ch. 23 Academic Development as Changing Social Practice: The Generic Attributes Project
ch. 24 Frustrated Aspirations - Discovering the Limits of a Virtual Learning Environment
ch. 25 Freedom to Innovate, Freedom to Resist
ch. 26 Commentary on the Cases
ch. 27 Making Practical Sense of Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum
References
Index
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. (From the Publisher)
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. (From the Publisher)