Reconceptualising Evaluative Practices in HE

Table of Contents:
List of figures List of tables List of contributors Setting the scene: The four domains of evaluative practice in Higher Education The Higher Education policy context of evaluative practices Part one: National systemic evaluative practice: power and regulation National systemic evaluative practices: power and regulation Evaluation as ceremony in the Italian university system Student 'satisfaction' or student 'experience': interpreting and acting on evaluation results Research assessment: work in progress, or la 'lutta continua' The elephant in the room: evaluating postgraduate education in South Africa Evaluative practices and outcomes: Issues at the national level Part two: Programmatic evaluative practice Programmatic evaluative practice in Higher Education: design diversity and degrees of programme alignment The national programme of Centres for Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CETLS) in England and Northern Ireland: a theory-driven evaluation of change Foregrounding social interaction in programme evaluation: an evaluation of an innovative pre-service teacher education initiative in Australia Evaluation as deep learning: a holistic perspective on evaluation in the PALETTE project A social practice approach to the evaluation of enhancement strategies in the Quality Enhancement Framework for Scottish Universities Insights into programmatic evaluative practice in HE: A commentary Part three: Institutional evaluative practice Institutional evaluative practices: quality, enhancement and regulation Failing the challenge of institutional evaluation: how and why managerialism flourishes Whole-of-university strategies for evaluating the student experience Emphasizing the social dimension of scientific organizations: institutional evaluation at Mainz University Tensions between professional and organizational development: towards meaningful evaluative practices for all Evaluative practices and outcomes: issues at the institutional level Part four: Self-evaluative practice Self-evaluative practice: diversity and power Appreciative inquiry as evaluation: enhancing and developing academic practice Evaluating a UK centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: bottom-up evaluation in a top-down setting 'Tell us about it!' Evaluating what helps students from diverse backgrounds to succeed at the University of the Arts London Scholarly approaches to curriculum evaluation: critical contributions for undergraduate degree programme reform in a Canadian context Evaluative practices and outcomes: issues at the self-evaluative level Part five: Overview The practice turn: reconceptualising evaluation in Higher Education References Index