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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822311203321

Autore

Tovey Philip <1963, >

Titolo

Quality assurance in continuing professional education : an analysis / / Philip Tovey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-96127-8

1-134-96128-6

1-280-15675-9

0-203-42368-2

0-203-30242-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

378.013

378/.013/0941

Soggetti

Professional education - Great Britain - Evaluation

Continuing education - Great Britain - Evaluation

Quality assurance - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Quality and quality assurance; 1 THEORY AND PRACTICE BEYOND EDUCATION; 2 BS5750: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF A KEY ISSUE; 3 QUALITY AND POST-COMPULSORY EDUCATION; Part II: Quality assurance in continuing professional education; 4 EVIDENCE FROM THE FIELD I: SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS OF CPE; 5 EVIDENCE FROM THE FIELD II: NON-CPE SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS; 6 INTEREST GROUPS, QUALITY ANDCONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: SOME CASE EXAMPLES FROM EMPLOYERS AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS

CONCLUDING COMMENTS: TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Higher education in the 1990's is characterised by a pre-occupation with quality assurance. This book provides an examination of what that means for one academic specialism, continuing professional education (CPE). Based on research conducted in and around UK universities, the



book explores the range of existing practice in CPE, and develops a broadly based strategy for practical action. It is argued that a framework for quality should evolve from an awareness of the complex character of CPE as a distinct subject area - solutions cannot simply be brought in, but must be developed