Analytic Quality Glossary
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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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core definition
A programme
(program) specification documents the aims, objectives or learning
outcomes, programme content, learning and teaching methods, process and
criteria for assessment, usually with indicative reading or other reference
material as well as identifying the modules or
subunits of the programme,
setting out core and optional elements, precursors and levels.
explanatory context
Programme
specification may, in some settings, be referred to as a course specification.
A module
(or other programme sub-unit) specification is similar to programme
specifications but should normally also identify how it relates to the overall
programme specification.
analytical review
The
Course
specification: A description of the intended outcomes of learning from a higher
education course of study (learning outcomes), how these outcomes are achieved
(taught and learned) and demonstrated (assessed). A course specification should
improve student understanding of how learning occurs on a particular course,
what is being taught, and inform reflection upon personal learning, performance
and achievement.
UMIST defines a programme
specification as:
a concise statement about the intended
learning outcomes from successful completion of a particular degree programme,
and information about the teaching, learning and methods of assessment used
which enable the learning outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated. It should
help improve student understanding of how and when learning occurs, and of what
is being learned, and promote reflection upon personal learning, performance
and achievement.
The UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) (2011)
Programme specifications: Published statements about the intended learning outcomes of programmes of study, containing information about teaching and learning methods, support and assessment methods, and how individual units relate to levels of achievement.
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