EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE: NATIONAL TRENDS AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

Authors

  • Roberto Di Napoli

Keywords:

desarrollo educativo, rasgos actuales, estrategia institucional, relaciones entre el desarrollo disciplinar o genérico, estatus de los servicios de apoyo al desarrollo educativo, la carrera de los formadores, el cambio en el contexto español

Abstract

The aim of this article is both to inform and reflect on the state and status of educational development in the UK, with special reference to the English case, using Imperial College London as an example of current trends and issues. While describing current trends in educational development, the paper attempts to reflect critically on a number of current issues: the need for an institutional strategy for educational development; the relationship between generic and discipline-based development; the 'service' status often ascribed to centres of educational development and its implications; and the need for securing a safe career paths for developers. At times of change in the Spanish context, the Spanish reader should find some of such themes familiar and it may be of interest to him/her to gauge the level of the debate on them in the UK.

Author Biography

Roberto Di Napoli

Imperial College London, UK

Published

01-04-2008

Issue

Section

Artículos