Developing Professional Education

Part 1 Introduction - the changing shape of professional education. Part 2 Issues in course design: the philosophy of an honours degree in nursing and midwifery, Ruth Champion; designing a housing course for the 1990s, Glen McDougall; designing the practicum in teacher education, Georgina Glenny and Elizabeth Hickling; course design for professional accreditation, Denise Morrey; accreditation of company training programmes, Clive Robertson. Part 3 Course delivery and assessment: knowledge and practice, John Astley; the architectural design studio, Richard Hayward; customizing distance learning for management qualifications, Steve Hughes; assessing professional competence, grading practice - nursing and midwifery; a non-graded system for assessing competence in social work practice, Kathy Murphy and Paul Reading; professional diaries and assessment, Clare Gillies. Part 4 Management issues: marketing management education, Trevor Watkins; the cheque is in the post, John Glasson; coordinating inservice education for teachers, Diane Gaunt; professional collaboration - the lecturer-practitioner role, Ruth Champion; information needs and systems, Stuart Brown. Part 5 Interprofessionalism: the paramedical opportunity, Anne Dufton; interdisciplinarity in the built environment, John Glasson; collaboration in course development - employers and educators - social work, Clare Gillies, Hotel and catering management, Peter Harris; academic disciplines and professional education - the case of sociology, Peter George. Part 6 The future - problems and prospects. Appendix: the Oxford Polytechnic portfolio.