Are professors professional? : the organisation of university examinations
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Are professors professional? : the organisation of university examinations
（Higher education policy series, 25）
Jessica Kingsley Pub., c1994
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Bibliography: p. [240]-246
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Description
The convention of appointing external examiners is commonly regarded as the principal guarantee that British university degrees are of a consistent and high standard. But who exactly are the external examiners? What do they do? Very few university staff are professionally trained in the arts of teaching and examining. This book sets out to examine what is meant by professionalism in teaching, argues that there is a strong case for professional training of academics and whether it can be classified as a profession. It provides a cogent account of the work of external examiners - from their appointment through to the submission of their reports and covers the following areas: the external examining system - definition and concerns; the organisation and conduct of examinations; descriptive data on courses; the work of external examiners; the briefing, deployment and duties of an external examiner; boards of examiners and the external examiners' powers.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The nature and setting of the investigation: the external examining system - definition and concerns
- the design of the investigation. Part 2 The organizations and conduct of examinations: descriptive data on courses
- examination arrangements
- the deployment of internal examiners
- internal examiner's marking practice. Part 3 The work of external examiners: the appointment of external examiners and why they accept
- the briefing of external examiners
- the deployment of external examiners
- duties undertaken by external examiners
- some circumstances which are potentially problematic for external examiners
- external examiners' perceptions of the qualities associated with degree classes
- standards and the kinds of comparisons made in establishing them
- boards of examiners and the external examiner's powers
- examiners' reports
- summary and conclusion.
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