The University of Learning: Beyond Quality and Competence

by Bowden,John

• ISBN13: 9780415334914
• ISBN10: 0415334918
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-03-26
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

This book looks at the theory and practice of learning and how universities can improve their quality and competence. It tackles the past failure of the quality and competence movements and advocates a move towards "Universities of Learning". The authors advocate an integration of elements that are often dealt with separately--theory and practice, teaching and research, and the levels of institution and individual--and handle these dimensions of integration in conjunction with each other.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Preface	viii
PART 1 A PLACE FOR LEARNING
Chapter 1 The idea of the university	3	(20)
The University of Teaching and the University of Research	3	(1)
The University of Teaching and Research or the University of Learning	4	(2)
Learning	6	(2)
Approaches to learning	8	(1)
Research	9	(1)
Learning, research, scholarship	9	(2)
Competence and competencies	11	(1)
Designing learning environments	12	(1)
The assessment of learning	13	(1)
Collective consciousness and the ethics of learning	14	(2)
Quality and qualities	16	(1)
The organization of learning	17	(1)
The University of Learning	17	(6)
PART 2 ASPECTS OF LEARNING
Chapter 2 What does it take to learn?	23	(23)
Raising questions about learning	23	(5)
Contours of a theory of learning and awareness	28	(12)
Beyond the object of learning	40	(6)
Chapter 3 Approaches to learning	46	(28)
Approaches to learning in different situations	46	(13)
Approaches to learning in different contexts	59	(8)
Conceptions of learning	67	(4)
A pattern of relationships	71	(3)
Chapter 4 Learning and research	74	(17)
Learning on the collective level	74	(6)
Learning on the individual and on the collective level	80	(11)
PART 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STUDENTS
Chapter 5 What should be learned: competence and competencies	91	(39)
What should be learned?	91	(7)
Competency-based approaches	98	(9)
Competence versus competencies	107	(7)
Curriculum and variation	114	(11)
No short-cuts	125	(5)
Chapter 6 Bringing learning about	130	(30)
Views of teaching	130	(3)
Underlying assumptions about teaching	133	(1)
Teaching methods	134	(15)
Principles of learning rather than a theory of instruction	149	(10)
Empowering the learners	159	(1)
Chapter 7 Finding out what has been learned	160	(29)
The uses of assessment	161	(6)
Describing outcomes of learning	167	(8)
Describing effects of educational experiences	175	(9)
Finding out what is learned	184	(5)
PART 4 A LEARNING UNIVERSITY
Chapter 8 Collective consciousness and the ethics of learning	189	(22)
Collective consciousness in learning	189	(3)
Collective consciousness in research	192	(4)
Collective consciousness in learning and research	196	(3)
Collective consciousness in organizations	199	(4)
Collective competence	203	(3)
Objects of knowledge	206	(2)
The ethics of learning	208	(3)
Chapter 9 Quality and qualities	211	(35)
The search for 'quality'	211	(2)
Defining 'quality'	213	(2)
The meanings of various 'quality' terms	215	(4)
Institutional autonomy and academic freedom	219	(7)
Principles underlying educational quality assurance	226	(9)
Quality assurance systems	235	(11)
Chapter 10 Organizing learning	246	(31)
Disciplinary and professional forms of knowledge	247	(3)
Shift from a teaching focus to a learning focus	250	(2)
The integrated curriculum	252	(15)
Flexible learning environments	267	(1)
Resolving the apparent conflict	268	(3)
The organization of the university as the embodiment of its collective consciousness	271	(6)
Chapter 11 The University of Learning	277	(19)
Summing up	277	(4)
What is to be done	281	(12)
Doing the right thing	293	(3)
References	296	(13)
Index	309