RENT TEXTBOOKS

Setting the scene: The four domains of evaluative practice in Higher Education
The Higher Education policy context of evaluative practices

Part one: National systemic evaluative practice: power and regulation

National systemic evaluative practices: power and regulation
Evaluation as ceremony in the Italian university system
Student 'satisfaction' or student 'experience': interpreting and acting on evaluation results
Research assessment: work in progress... MORE, or la 'lutta continua'
The elephant in the room: evaluating postgraduate education in South Africa
Evaluative practices and outcomes: Issues at the national level

Part two: Programmatic evaluative practice

Programmatic evaluative practice in Higher Education: design diversity and degrees of programme alignment
The national programme of Centres for Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CETLS) in England and Northern Ireland: a theory-driven evaluation of change
Foregrounding social interaction in programme evaluation: an evaluation of an innovative pre-service teacher education initiative in Australia
Evaluation as deep learning: a holistic perspective on evaluation in the PALETTE project
A social practice approach to the evaluation of enhancement strategies in the Quality Enhancement Framework for Scottish Universities
Insights into programmatic evaluative practice in HE: A commentary

Part three: Institutional evaluative practice

Institutional evaluative practices: quality, enhancement and regulation
Failing the challenge of institutional evaluation: how and why managerialism flourishes
Whole-of-university strategies for evaluating the student experience
Emphasizing the social dimension of scientific organizations: institutional evaluation at Mainz University
Tensions between professional and organizational development: towards meaningful evaluative practices for all
Evaluative practices and outcomes: issues at the institutional level

Part four: Self-evaluative practice

Self-evaluative practice: diversity and power
Appreciative inquiry as evaluation: enhancing and developing academic practice
Evaluating a UK centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: bottom-up evaluation in a top-down setting
'Tell us about it!' Evaluating what helps students from diverse backgrounds to succeed at the University of the Arts London
Scholarly approaches to curriculum evaluation: critical contributions for undergraduate degree programme reform in a Canadian context
Evaluative practices and outcomes: issues at the self-evaluative level

Part five: Overview

The practice turn: reconceptualising evaluation in Higher Education

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