Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit and Student Mobility

✍ Scribed by Christine Arnold (editor); Mary Wilson (editor); Jean Bridge (editor); Mary Catherine Lennon (editor)

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Series: Queen's Policy Studies Series; 201
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There is increasing interest in the use of learning outcomes in postsecondary education, and deliberations have surfaced with regard to their potential to serve as a tool for advancing credit transfer. This book assesses the conceptual foundations and implications of using learning outcomes.

There is increasing interest in the use of learning outcomes in postsecondary education, and deliberations have surfaced with regard to their potential to serve as a tool for advancing credit transfer. This book assesses the conceptual foundations and implications of using learning outcomes.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Biographies
1 Introduction
2 Foundations for Learning Outcomes and Credit Transfer
3 The Gulf Between Hope and Practice: South African Experiences with Learning Outcomes and Credit Transfer
4 Foundations and Reform Measures: Credit Transfer and Learning Outcomes Policy and Practice in the United States
5 Learning Outcomes for Credit Transfer: Reflections on the Australian Experience
6 International Student Mobility Based on Learning Outcomes and Workload: The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
7 Learning Outcomes, Progression, and Qualifications: Considerations for Vocational and Higher Education in the United Kingdom
8 Shifting Paradigms in Postsecondary Education: Historical, Conceptual, and Theoretical Frameworks Governing Outcomes-Based Approaches to Credit Transfer
9 The Overarching System: Structures, Policies, and Mechanisms Impacting Learning Outcomes and Credit Transfer
10 Adoption, Adaptation, and Implementation: The Complexities of Using Learning Outcomes to Advance Credit Transfer in Institutional Contexts
11 Summary of Findings and Recommendations