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Quality work in higher education organisational and pedagogical dimensions / Mari Elken, Peter Maassen, Monika Nerland, Tine S. Pr©ıitz, Bj©ırn Stensaker, Agnete Vab©ı, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Higher education dynamics ; v. 54.
- Higher education dynamics ; v. 54
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- About the Editors
- Chapter 1: Researching 'Quality Work' in Higher Education
- Introduction
- The Rationale for a 'Quality Work' Perspective
- The Drivers of the Complex Quality Agenda in Higher Education
- Fragmented Studies of Quality in Higher Education
- Researching 'Quality Work'
- Studies of Institutional Work
- Characteristics of Quality Work
- Dimensions and Dilemmas in Quality Work
- Analysis of Quality Work in This Book
- References
- Chapter 2: Quality Systems in Higher Education Institutions: Enabling and Constraining Quality Work
- Introduction
- A Few Words About the Context...
- Institutional Responses to External Quality Assurance Demands
- Conceptualising Internal Quality Systems
- Case Analysis of Internal Quality Systems
- Case A
- Case B
- Case C
- Case D
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 3: The Relationship Between External Quality Assurance and the Work of Study Programme Leaders: A Comparative Study
- The 'Quality Work' Conducted at Institutional Level and the Larger Environment
- Empirical Context, Data and Methods
- Country Description and Case Selection
- Data and Methodology
- Findings
- Discussion and Final Reflections
- Chapter 4: Technology as Quality Work? Educational Leaders and Teachers' Use of Digital Technology
- Technology as Quality Work: National Ambitions on Technology Usage
- Translations and Translational Costs When Using Digital Technology in Quality Work
- Methodological Approach
- Institutional Strategies
- Leadership Practices
- Teacher Practices
- Limitations and Analytical Scope
- Strategies and Institutional Quality Work
- Leaders Practices and Institutional Quality Work
- Teachers Practices and Quality Work
- Discussion
- Translational Costs Related to External Drivers
- Translational Costs Involved in Educational Leaders' Connection to Institutional Strategies
- Translational Costs in the Teachers' Contextual Reality
- Conclusion: Challenges, Possible Solutions, and Future Research
- Chapter 5: Layers of Consistency in Study Programme Planning and Realization
- Consistency in Programme Design and Educational Practices
- Alignment - Linkinzg Study Design, Activities and Evaluation
- Congruence - Interconnectedness of Education Components
- Coherence in Knowledge Organization in Study Programs
- Method
- Context of the Study Programmes
- Programme Intentions and Student Experiences in the Law Programme
- Intentions
- Experiences
- Programme Intentions and Student Experiences in Organisation and Management
- Integration of Knowledge
- Authentic Learning Activities
- Chapter 6: Exploring Student Participation Challenges in Student-Centred Learning Environments
- Identified Challenges in Accomplishing SCLEs
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783030417574
- 3030417573
- Publisher Number:
- 40030099339
- 10.1007/978-3-030-41
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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