Sökning: "evaluation of higher education"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 107 avhandlingar innehållade orden evaluation of higher education.

  1. 1. Designing for eAssessment of higher order thinking : An undergraduate IT online distance education course in Sri Lanka

    Författare :Hakim Usoof; Brian Hudson; Eva Lindgren; Gihan Wikramanayake; Priyantha Hewagamage; Patrick Dillon; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning; Assessment; Distance Education; Higher order thinking; Collaborative learning; Higher education; Plagiarism; Keystroke dynamics; pedagogik; Education; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; computer and systems sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Distance education has seen rapid growth over the recent decades. The rapid development of Information Communication Technology [ICT] has been one of the main drivers of this growth in distance education. However, distance education and ICT themselves posts challenges to both students and educators alike. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Teaching in an age of complexity : exploring academic change and development in higher education

    Författare :Claire Englund; Anders D. Olofsson; Linda Price; Shirley Booth; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education; Academic Development; Educational Technology; Conceptions of Teaching and Learning; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; Change and Development; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : Higher education (HE) has expanded and diversified at an unprecedented rate over the last two decades in response to a rapidly changing educational and political climate. Change and development are omnipresent, a constant part of university teachers’ sociocultural and organisational practice at multiple levels; the micro-level, the meso-level and the macro-level Against this background, the aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence academic change. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Val och urval till högre utbildning : En studie baserad på erfarenheterna av 1977 års tillträdesreform : [a study based on the experiences of the 1977 admissions reform in Sweden]

    Författare :Lillemor Kim; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Higher education; access; educational choice; selection; rules of admission; evaluation; implementation; context; abductive; multimethod; policy implications; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The central theme of this study is the process of choice and selectionin recruitment to higher education. The study is based on the experiences of the 1977 admissions reform in Sweden and subsequent developments. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Undervisnings- och utbildningsplanering - för vem? : En studie av ingenjörsutbildning vid en svensk högskola

    Författare :Elvy Westlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Higher Education; engineering education; evaluation; motivation; personality; learning styles; course planning; student involvement; quality; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation points at some of the consequences of the changes in the economic and social conditions of the second half of the twentieth century that have had a great influence on higher education. A growing number of students are attending our universities and at the same time the Government is asking for greater quality and efficiency in education. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Den pedagogiska skickligheten och akademins väktare : Kollegial bedömning vid rekrytering av universitetslärare

    Författare :Sara Levander; Eva Forsberg; Maja Elmgren; Sverker Lindblad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic hiring; academic career; academic reward systems; assessment; discourse; educational proficiency; evaluation; higher education; intertextuality; judgment; peer review; promotion; scholarship of teaching and learning; teaching skills; tenure and promotion; Pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis develops knowledge on educational proficiency as an object of assessment in academic hiring of university teachers. Hiring processes are essential for the very formation of academia, and peers involved in these processes have an institutional gate-keeping function. LÄS MER