Improving assessment in higher education : a whole of institution approach / edited by Richard Henry, Stephen Marshall, Prem Ramburuth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henry, Richard.

Marshall, Stephen.

Ramburuth, Prem.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of New South Wales.

Education, Higher.

Postsecondary education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All teaching institutions recognise the need to make continual improvements in the quality of teaching and learning. But how, in the resource-constrained environments of universities, can quality be improved without increasing resources to fund it? The governing body at the University of New South Wales gave its president and vice-chancellor three years to find a way to do just that in the area of student assessment. Improving Assessment in Higher Education offers a wealth of detail on this innovative project which aimed to improve the efficiency of student assessment while maintaining and imp

Contents:

Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I; 1.International and national contexts in higher education; 2.The institutional context for change; 3.The UNSW approach to improving assessment; PART II; 4.The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: A whole-of-faculty assessment tool; 5.The Australian School of Business: Re-thinking assessment strategies; 6.The Faculty of the Built Environment: Improving approaches to assessment through curriculum renewal; 7.The COFA Experience: Assessment reform and review; 8.The Faculty of Engineering Beyond professional accreditation

9.The Law School and the Assessment Project10.The Faculty of Medicine: Diversity, validity and efficiency of assessment; 11.The Faculty of Science: The challenge of diverse disciplines; 12. UNSW Canberra: A university within a university; PART III; 13.Faculty Responses to the Assessment Project; 14.Institutional outcomes of the Assessment Project; 15.Lessons Learnt about Whole-Of-Institution Educational Change; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781742246628

1742246621

OCLC:

878919170