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Professor Hamish Coates

2011

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Improving Learning And Outcomes, Hamish Bennett Coates Aug 2011

Improving Learning And Outcomes, Hamish Bennett Coates

Professor Hamish Coates

Higher education is growing in size and significance, driving a pressing need for more information and new insights into how systems, institutions and people learn and achieve. Progress comes through innovative practice, policy reform, and research. This edition of ACER’s Higher Education Update reviews recent contributions. Editorial support by Megan Robinson and Louise Reynolds. The Higher Education Update is published biannually by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).


Outcomes On The Move, Hamish Bennett Coates Feb 2011

Outcomes On The Move, Hamish Bennett Coates

Professor Hamish Coates

This briefing updates research and assessments conducted over the last six months that have helped institutions, individuals and governments better understand higher education growth and outcomes. It reviews recent contributions on testing learning, educating academics, boosting learning, and engaging learners. The briefing provides an update on ACER’s involvement in the OECD’s Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO), on work underway to assess generic and medical capabilities, and on comparing graduate outcomes internationally. Editorial support by Megan Robinson and Louise Reynolds. The Higher Education Update is published biannually by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).