Kate Ashcroft
Biographic Data
| ID | 8902373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Ashcroft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashcroft |
| SIGNATURE | ASHCROFT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Science Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Purposes and Practices of Quality Assurance in Ethiopian Higher Education
This article includes an analysis of quality assurance in higher education as a travelling idea. Based on interviews and site visits to stakeholders in Ethiopia’s higher education, work with Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) staff over several years, and deskbased research, the idea’s “journey” from northern industrial settings to Ethiopia and its adaptation and integration into a developing higher education system is explored…
An Evaluation of the Progress, Experience and Employability of Mature Students on the BEd Course at Westminster College, Oxford
There are many adults who left school without A levels who wish to further their education as mature students. Because many of these adults are being accepted by colleges without traditional A levels, and with very few GCSE/O level subject passes, it has been suggested that their acceptance as students may lower the standard of the college courses. This paper evaluates the qualities which mature and non‐traditional entry students bring to college…
Beyond Building Better Checklists
The article reviews the aims of the School Experience of a new B.Ed, primary degree, based on Zeichner's notion of the ‘reflective teacher’. Having established the aims, the authors then examine the implications this has for finding forms of assessment which are commensurate with the process‐orientated, formative, self‐critical nature of the degree. The issues raised, in this article, relate to the needs of tutors in developing new roles and rela…
The History of an Innovation
This paper is concerned with the processes and thinking that were involved in the development of a highly innovative BEd degree course within the modular course of Oxford Polytechnic. The rationale for the degree course will be considered, followed by a discussion of some of the processes involved in implementing that rationale. The development of a particular basic first year module will be looked at in depth as a case study illustration of inno…
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The History of an Innovation
This paper is concerned with the processes and thinking that were involved in the development of a highly innovative BEd degree course within the modular course of Oxford Polytechnic. The rationale for the degree course will be considered, followed by a discussion of some of the processes involved in implementing that rationale. The development of a particular basic first year module will be looked at in depth as a case study illustration of inno…
Beyond Building Better Checklists
The article reviews the aims of the School Experience of a new B.Ed, primary degree, based on Zeichner's notion of the ‘reflective teacher’. Having established the aims, the authors then examine the implications this has for finding forms of assessment which are commensurate with the process‐orientated, formative, self‐critical nature of the degree. The issues raised, in this article, relate to the needs of tutors in developing new roles and rela…
An Evaluation of the Progress, Experience and Employability of Mature Students on the BEd Course at Westminster College, Oxford
There are many adults who left school without A levels who wish to further their education as mature students. Because many of these adults are being accepted by colleges without traditional A levels, and with very few GCSE/O level subject passes, it has been suggested that their acceptance as students may lower the standard of the college courses. This paper evaluates the qualities which mature and non‐traditional entry students bring to college…
The Purposes and Practices of Quality Assurance in Ethiopian Higher Education
This article includes an analysis of quality assurance in higher education as a travelling idea. Based on interviews and site visits to stakeholders in Ethiopia’s higher education, work with Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) staff over several years, and deskbased research, the idea’s “journey” from northern industrial settings to Ethiopia and its adaptation and integration into a developing higher education system is explored…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Employability (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works)