Description
Book SynopsisThe Trouble with Higher Education is a powerful and topical critique of the Higher Education system in the UK, with relevance to countries with similar systems. Based on the authorsâ experiences that span over 30+ years of fieldwork, the issues discussed focus on the problems facing the principle responsibilities of universities: teaching, learning and research.
The first half of the book identifies a number of problems that have followed the growth of mass education. It examines their causes and explains their damaging effects. The second half of the book offers a broad vision and makes a number of practical suggestions for ameliorating the problems and improving higher education. Supported by research, the suggestions include: ways of managing universities; proper inspection; better ways of organising studentsâ learning; improving teaching and learning; better approaches to assessment, and the proper use of ideas such as learning outcomes.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Troubles
2. Expansion and Distortion
3. A Mycelium of Managers
4. Modules and Mutilation
5. A Thought Experiment
6. Students as Customers
7. Auditing Learning
8. The Other Side of Learning
9. A Broader View
10. Coping with Change
11. Processing or Progressing Students
12. Some Conclusions
References
Index
