Course Cohesion: An Elusive Goal for Tertiary Education

Autor/inn/en	Bahr, Nan; Lloyd, Margaret
Titel	Course Cohesion: An Elusive Goal for Tertiary Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Design, 4 (2011) 4, S.21-30 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1832-8342
Schlagwörter	Colleges; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Higher Education; Course Evaluation; Leadership; Curriculum Development; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Führung; Führungsposition; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Australien
Abstract	A program's development and implementation in a higher education institution is usually launched with great fanfare, goodwill and a huge effort on the part of the whole development team to ensure a worthwhile cohesive set of learning experiences aligned to the desired course learning outcomes. It is often not long before the glue starts to come unstuck arising from staffing changes, subtle migration of course resources, opportunistic inclusions of "off the shelf" or unit based innovative teaching and learning approaches, and perhaps general poor attention to detail with regard to the impact of new introductions and electives. This paper presents an initial investigation into the elusive goal of achieving course cohesion. The authors consider building cohesion into a course as it is being designed through identified cohesion factors and in sustaining course cohesion through active leadership. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10