Evaluating learning outcomes: In search of lost knowledge

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-21

  O'Brien, Stephen ^a   Brancaleone, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Authoritative knowledge; Ideological construction; Learning outcomes; Lost knowledge; Managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953149856     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.535972     Document Type: Article

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