Quality Assurance in Continuing Professional Education

by Tovey,Philip

• ISBN13: 9780415098311
• ISBN10: 0415098319
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1994-07-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Higher education in the 1990s is characterized by a pre-occupation with quality assurance. Philip Tovey provides an examination of what that means for one academic specialism, continuing professional education (CPE). As well as working toward a practical strategy for quality CPE, Tovey considers a number of issues which emerge from discussions of quality and of educating professionals--including the problems associated with the adoption of customer ideology and the relationship between pedagogic aims and prevailing assumptions about quality. Part One deals with context, looking at theoretical developments and practical strategies used for quality assurance in other areas, such as the construction industry, health care and welfare provision. Part Two examines the range of attitudes and existing practice in CPE. Tovey argues that a framework for quality should evolve from an awareness of the complex character of CPE as a distinct subject area--solutions cannot simply be brought in, but must bedeveloped in relation to setting.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Quality and Quality Assurance	p. 19
Theory and Practice beyond Education	p. 21
BS5750: a Critical Review of a Key Issue	p. 55
Quality and Post-Compulsory Education	p. 76
Quality Assurance in Continuing Professional Education	p. 93
Evidence from the Field I	p. 95
Evidence from the Field II	p. 117
Interest Groups, Quality and Continuing Professional Education	p. 149
Concluding Comments	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 203
Name Index	p. 210
Subject Index	p. 212
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