Programme specification and its role in promoting an outcomes model of learning

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-151

  Jackson, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

learning outcomes; programme specification; QA policy; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992806450     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787400001002004     Document Type: Article

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