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1 online resource (425 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Glossary; About the authors; Part 1: The Context; Chapter 1: The Concept of Capability and its Importance in Higher Education; The quality of purpose; The concept of capability; Capability and competence?; Dependent or independent capability; Implications for delivering capability in higher education; The wider context; Capability and employment; Growing use of capability approaches in higher education; Learner responsibility and quality; Conclusion; References |
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Part 2: Building the Capability Curriculum: Some Reports from the FieldIntroduction; Chapter 2: Embedding Capability in the Curriculum: Case Study from the BA and BSc Combined Honours Course at Nene University College Northampton; Editors' introduction; Introduction; Defining capability through structured curriculum development; Learning outcomes; Transferable skills; Generic criteria for degree classification; Student profiling; Securing agreement and effecting change; Transferable skills: the development process; Profiling: the development process; Conclusion |
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Chapter 3: An Institutional Strategy for Transferable Skills and EmployabilityEditors' introduction; Institutional context and steer; Forming the model: problems, solutions and benefits; Career and personal development; Learning a living: a model for integrating careers education; The Career and Personal Development Learning Programme in Science (CDPLP); Summary; References; Chapter 4: The New Capability Curriculum at the University of North London; Editors' introduction; Introduction; The reasons for change; The capable graduate; The capabilities; The capability curriculum; How it started |
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Structuring changeCapability integration; Preparing for change; The student experience; Student opportunities and support; Changing subject delivery; Into the future; References; Chapter 5: Promoting Capability Through the Assessment of Key Skills: Some Lessons from the World of Vocational Qualifications; Editors' introduction; Introduction; Current features of key skills assessment; New features of assessment of key skills; Implications of changes for the development of capability; References; Chapter 6: Reconciling Quality and Standards with Diversity; Editors' introduction; Introduction |
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ContextA capability mission; From mission to policy and procedures; Faculty diversity of interpretation; Supporting projects; Learning outcomes taxonomies; The taxonomies in practice; A variety of uses; Some issues; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Can Higher Education Deliver Capability?; Editors' introduction; Introduction; The background to the Programme; The tripartite relationship; Programme focus; Some examples; Programme structure; Programme criteria; Capability and personal growth; Clashes of culture; Challenges and gains; References |
| Summary |
The new focus in learning is on developing the individual's capability. This work looks at this in the context of improving skills, lifelong learning and welfare-to-work. It debates the issues within the setting of institutional strategies, work-based learning, skills development and assessment |
| Notes |
Chapter 8: Work-based Learning for Learning Organizations |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain
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Learning.
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College teaching -- Great Britain
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Learning
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College teaching
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Learning
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Yorke, Mantz (Director, Centre for Higher Education Development, John Moores University)
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| ISBN |
9781135368906 |
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1135368902 |
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