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Discussion: Push universities to compete
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 dra_red |
Push universities to compete
Mar 9 2008, 9:47 PM EDT Higher education courses should be broken into components that allow assessment to be done independantly to course content. Universities and similar services providers hould be in charge of assessment but course material should not be combined with assessments. When a course provider is able to set the assessment and teach the course, he/she is able to change the assessment to ensure an acceptable number of people pass. It hides incompetency within the educational system. If the assessment was offered separately to the course then teachers/lecturers would need to ensure they met a minimum level of competency. Students would have a chance to select alternative providers of the learning material or might even choose to study independantly. This set up would open higher education up to more competition and would reveal weaknesses that can be currently hidden by adjusting assessments as they wish. 4 out of 23 found this valuable. Do you? |
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RE: Push universities to compete
Mar 26 2008, 7:03 PM EDT I work in the VET sector and this suggestion is more relevant to this sector where the same curriculum (training packages) are offered nationally. You are assuming that all universities teach the same thing in their courses and this is not the case. Do you find this valuable? |
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dra_red |
RE: Push universities to compete
Mar 26 2008, 9:43 PM EDT Hi Anon, I have considered the variations but I don't see it as something that should stop this occuring. If courses were modulated as I suggest, then the completion of certain modules would be recognised as the equivelant of a degree. While different unies do teach different material to some extend, the bulk of any course will be equivelent. If they weren't, then a degree would hardly be a standard of education. At the end of a degree, the graduate must have a core body of knowledge and this would be the aim of the assessment. By breaking up the courses into modules and separating the assessment from the course, individuals will be given the flexibility to choose different instructors who in turn will need to compete. Another advantage is that component courses will be given credit which differs from now when your studies at uni don't count for much unless you complete your degree. This is a let down for the thousands who do not finish their studies. Cheers, Dale 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |