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Review and redesign: Beyond course evaluation

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This article discusses small-scale course evaluation as part of a larger, integrated process of course review and redesign. The process is carried out by a team that includes both an “external” evaluator and the teaching staff of the course. This article sets out the aim of the process, describes and analyses a number of characteristics of the activities, the methodology used and reflects on some particular issues.

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  1. Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching, Griffith University, 4111, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

    Ian Barham

  2. University of Sydney, Australia

    Michael Prosser

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Barham, I., Prosser, M. Review and redesign: Beyond course evaluation. High Educ 14, 297–306 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00136110

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