Screen LibraryReconceptualising evaluation in higher education：the practice turn
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Open University Press Society for Research into Higher Education,
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| Publisher Address: | Maidenhead, England [London] |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 247 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
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9780335241613 (pbk.) 0335241611 (pbk.) 9786613123824 661312382X 9780335241606 (hb) 0335241603 (hb) |
| Index Number: | G64 |
| CLC: | G64 |
| Call Number: | G64/R311 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-243) and index. Setting the scene : the four domains of evaluative practice in higher education / Murray Saunders -- The higher education policy context of evaluative practices / Paul Trowler -- National systemic evaluative practice : power and regulation / Paul Trowler -- Evaluation as ceremony in the Italian university system / Massimiliano Vaira -- Student "satisfaction" or student "experience" : interpreting and acting on evaluation results / Michael Prosser -- Research assessment : work in progress, or "la lutta continua" / Ian McNay -- The elephant in the room : evaluating postgraduate education in So There is high investment in projects that enhance the quality of teaching and learning within the higher education sector. These projects require evaluation, but the higher education sector has not conceptualized such evaluation work. This book aims to aid understanding, drawing on a set of evaluative practices to foster understanding. |