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9780415385800

The Realities of Change in Higher Education: Interventions to Promote Learning and Teaching

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415385800

  • ISBN10:

    0415385806

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2006-09-19
  • Publisher: Routledge

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The Realities of Change in Higher Educationexplores the theory and practice of the everyday reality of change to promote learning and teaching in universities. Drawing on international case studies, it analyses a range of practical strategies to promote change that enhance students#xE2;#xAC;" learning. Structured to flow from analysis of policy level change through to small-scale change at curriculum level, experienced practitioners consider key topics including: national policies and strategies different leadership styles the advancement of teaching and learning through research and scholarship how communities of practice may be effective agents for change in higher education the relationship between technology and change student assessment as a strategic tool for enhancing teaching and learning. With practical advice to enhance the learning experience of increasing numbers of university students, this book will appeal to all practitioners involved in improving learning and teaching outcomes in higher education.

Table of Contents

List of illustrationsp. ix
Notes on contributorsp. x
Forewordp. xiv
Prefacep. xvi
The management of planned change: an interdisciplinary perspectivep. 1
No money; no change: the impact of national policies to improve learning and teachingp. 15
National initiatives to enhance learning and teaching in higher education: a case study of the planning of the Carrick Institute in Australiap. 29
Assessment and change in higher educationp. 40
Quality assurance and change in higher educationp. 52
Acommunity development model of change: the role of teaching and learning centresp. 64
The scholarship of teaching and learning and change in higher educationp. 78
Phases in the development of a change model: communities of practice as change agents in higher educationp. 91
Dynamics of planned change: when participants talk backp. 101
Technology and change in higher educationp. 115
Change, cats and complexity sciencep. 128
Angels in Concrete: work-based learning and change in higher educationp. 142
Engaging higher education in the global challenge of sustainabilityp. 156
Indexp. 167
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