This anthology aims to make visible those processes, conditions, and impacts on and in European educational institutions which are nowadays influenced by the phenomena of accountability, new public management, outcome-based learning and educational policies which themselves obviously absorb or even perpetuate these phenomena. Are these phenomena evidence of an increasing instrumentalist view in education? Researchers from different European countries each reflect on perceived ‘instrumentalist’ tendencies from their own national educational platforms, educational backgrounds in theoretical and empirical research, and educational practice: that is, on a macro-, meso-, and microlevel.

Most professionals in higher education have not approached learning about assessment in the right way. This anthology addresses tools, theoretical perspectives, and methods related to assessment in higher education across a variety of contexts, such as teacher education, vocational education, and other disciplines at European universities, with particular attention paid to assessment as feedback and how that influences student learning.

This book presents the project School-In and documents research and intervention methods. It provides stakeholders, educational researchers and practitioners with information about the make-up of the study. With this book, School-In presents an example of how new ideas and knowledge can be gained from several research approaches and provides the readers with experiences and advices on how processes within educational development may be implemented.

The anthology presents articles that center on the application of digital technologies that add value to the teaching and learning process in a globalized context. The unique focus of this book is the intersection between pedagogy and technology, specifically the innovative use of technology to improve higher education teaching and learning. The target Audiences are researchers, teachers and stakeholders in learning organizations interested in using IT for teaching and learning.