Patterns of resistance in managing assessment change

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 577-591

  Deneen, Christopher ^a   Boud, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic development; assessment change; change management; dialogue; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901239571     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.859654     Document Type: Article

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