A Human Capabilities Framework for Evaluating Student Learning

Autor/in	Walker, Melanie
Titel	A Human Capabilities Framework for Evaluating Student Learning
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (2008) 4, S.477-487 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
Schlagwörter	Economic Opportunities; Learning Processes; Student Evaluation; Social Influences; Equal Education; Role of Education; Higher Education; College Students; Well Being; Case Studies; Undergraduate Study; Knowledge Level; Teamwork; Thinking Skills; Empathy; Student Characteristics; Self Esteem; Foreign Countries; South Africa; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning process; Lernprozess; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Sozialer Einfluss; Bildungsauftrag; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Grundstudium; Wissensbasis; Denkfähigkeit; Empathie; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper proposes a human capabilities approach for evaluating student learning and the social and pedagogical arrangements that support equality in capabilities for all students. It outlines the focus on valuable beings and doings in the capability approach developed by Amartya Sen, and Martha Nussbaum's capabilities focus on human flourishing. For both, education is understood to include both intrinsic and instrumental aims and to be foundational to other important capabilities. A method for applying the capability approach to evaluating what students said about their own learning is suggested, and from this a list of valued functional capabilities is then outlined. The multi-dimensionality of the approach is emphasised and its relationship to economic opportunities and human security. Finally, generic graduate outcomes are considered but rejected as not being the same as capabilities. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10