ABSTRACT
This chapter examines two broad strategic options for replacing the conventional patterns of teaching and learning in higher education in the UK in order to cope more effectively with large classes. It examines the nature of these conventional patterns and the problems associated with them as student numbers increase. For each of the areas of problems it then contrasts ‘control’ and ‘independence’ strategies for dealing with them and gives examples of the teaching, learning and assessment methods associated with each of these strategies. Finally it discusses the ways in which these strategies can be mixed, and looks ahead to the extent to which and the ways in which these strategies are adopted in the case studies in the chapters that follow.
