| Description |
viii, 217 p. ; 24 cm. |
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Society for research into higher education (SRHE) series |
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Research into higher education monographs.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Curriculum coherence: Knowledge, relationships and networks I -- 1.The networked curriculum / Paul Blackmore -- 2.Achieving curriculum coherence: Curriculum design and delivery as social practice / Saranne Weller -- 3.Case study: A tradition of reform: The curriculum at Brown University / Katherine Bergeron -- pt. 2 Strategic curriculum structures and processes -- 4.Curriculum organisation and outcomes / Paul Blackmore -- 5.Transforming student learning: Undergraduate curriculum reform at the University of Hong Kong / Amy B.M. Tsui -- 6.Shaping the curriculum: A characteristics approach / Paul Blackmore -- 7.Assessment in curriculum change / Emma Medland -- pt. 3 Enabling strategic change -- 8.Change: Processes and resources / Camille B. Kandiko -- 9.People and change: Academic work and leadership / Camille B. Kandiko -- |
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Contents note continued: 10.Case study: The whole-of-institution curriculum renewal undertaken by the University of Melbourne, 2005-2011 / Peter Mcphee -- pt. 4 The networked curriculum: Embedding and looking forward -- 11.Supporting change through, development and evaluation / Camille B. Kandiko -- 12.The physical and virtual environment for learning / Camille B. Kandiko -- 13.Case study: Curriculum structure as a key variable affecting performance in higher education: The case of South Africa / Ian Scott -- 14.Towards more successful curriculum change / Paul Blackmore. |
| Summary |
"The curriculum is a live issue in universities across the world. Many stakeholders - governments, employers, professional and disciplinary groups and parents - express strong and often conflicting views about what higher education should achieve for its students. Many universities are reviewing their curricula at an institutional level, aware that they are in a competitive climate in which league tables encourage students to see themselves as consumers and the university as a product, or even a 'brand'. The move has prompted renewed concern for some central educational questions, about both what is learnt and how. Strategic Curriculum Change in Universities explores the ways in which major universities across the world are reviewing their approaches to teaching and learning. It unites institution-level strategy with the underlying educational issues. The book is grounded in a major study of curriculum change in over twenty internationally-focused, research-intensive universities in the UK, US, Australia, The Netherlands, South Africa and Hong Kong. Chapters include:"-- |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Curricula -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Curriculum planning -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Added Author |
Kandiko, Camille.
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| ISBN |
9780415809320 (hardback) |
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0415809320 (hardback) |
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9780415809344 (paperback) |
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0415809347 (paperback) |
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