Quality provision for students: The implications of social choice theory
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in American Journal of Distance Education
- Vol. 10 (1) , 37-49
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08923649609526908
Abstract
Student feedback is often seen as an expression of the students’ collective voice that can be used as the basis for decisions about course offerings. But what if student voices are not in harmony? Social choice theory alerts us to alternative rationales on which educational decision makers could base choices in situations where students disagree. Decision makers need to discuss which of these rationales to employ before designing feedback mechanisms. To illustrate these points, this paper focuses on the single dimension of student workload.Keywords
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