Designing courses for higher education.
Susan Toohey.
- Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999.
- 192p.
Co-published with the Society for Research into Higher Education.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pressures for change --The course design process -- Beliefs, values and ideologies in course design -- Thinking about goals and content -- The structure of the course -- Making learning opportunities more flexible -- Deciding on goals and objectives for units of study -- Choosing teaching strategies -- Assessment Implementing the new course.
What issues need to be considered in designing a course in higher education? Who should be involved in designing a course? What should students get out of a course? This book focuses on the strategic decisions to be made before a course begins.