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Grasping the TLRP nettle: preliminary analysis and some enduring issues surrounding the improvement of learning outcomes
Author(s) -
James Mary,
Brown Sally
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/0958517042000336782
Subject(s) - conceptualization , documentation , thematic analysis , psychology , relation (database) , pedagogy , educational research , sociology , qualitative research , social science , computer science , database , artificial intelligence , programming language
The ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme is the largest ever programme of educational research in the UK. This article reports the purposes, processes, outcomes and issues arising from cross‐programme thematic work on the conceptualization of, and research into, ‘enhancing learning outcomes’ which is a key aim of the programme. Early documentation from thirty projects is analysed, especially in relation to a classification of learning outcomes, dominant metaphors of learning, sector differences and evidence of outcomes. Discussion focuses upon persistent issues concerning the assessment of the broad range of outcomes, what leads to them, and how knowledge of these links might be established.