Informed choice? How the United Kingdom's key information set fails to represent pedagogy to potential students.

Autor/inn/en	Barefoot, Helen; Oliver, Martin; Mellar, Harvey
Titel	Informed choice? How the United Kingdom's key information set fails to represent pedagogy to potential students.
Quelle	In: Quality in higher education, 22 (2016) 1, S. 3-19Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1353-8322; 1470-1081
DOI	10.1080/13538322.2016.1153899
Schlagwörter	Lehre; Studium; Hochschule; Student; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper explores the ways in which information about course pedagogy has been represented to potential students through national descriptors and specifications such as the United Kingdom's Key Information Set. It examines the extent to which such descriptors provide helpful information about pedagogy, for example innovative uses of technology. The paper starts by exploring the wider context within which these descriptors have been developed, including a comparison of similar descriptions internationally. This is followed by a comparative analysis, in which two courses (one single honours undergraduate degree, one Massive Open Online Course) are classified and compared. This serves to illustrate the blind spots in classifications such as the Key Information Set. The paper concludes by arguing that further work is needed to develop classification schemes that both address explicitly the interests of potential students and are able to represent the pedagogic decisions that differentiate teaching in contemporary higher education. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2017/1