A Scottish Approach to the Challenge of Educational Change.

Autor/inn/en	McLachlan, Jeffrey; Wood, Vivienne
Titel	A Scottish Approach to the Challenge of Educational Change.
Quelle	(1992), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Change Strategies; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Educational Demand; Educational Quality; Financial Support; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Organizational Change; Quality Control; School Business Relationship; School Role; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lösungsstrategie; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Finanzielle Förderung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Organisationswandel; Qualitätskontrolle
Abstract	This paper examines the adjustment of Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh (Scotland, United Kingdom) to educational change. Discussed are: the historical development of the school; Napier's role in today's higher education; the school's shift from external to internal quality control of Council for National Academic Awards courses; the school's adjustment in moving from external to internal quality control of Scottish National Vocational Education Council courses; and the development of internal and external quality control mechanisms. Further examined are the school's responses to market demand and the changes of demand by its customers--the students, the employers, and the professional bodies. Finally, the report traces the change in Napier's financial support and its response to that change as the school eventually shifted from being dependent solely on the government for financial support to receiving fee income and income generated through commercial activities channelled through its own company, Polyed. Appendices provide Napier's business school structure for the first-year, full time degree program prior to 1987; the school's common first-year examination/assessment procedures agreed to in 1987 and the exemption structure; an analysis, from 1984-1990, of Napier's examination performance in the three degrees of accounting, business studies, and commerce; and the overall ratings. (GLR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC