Purpose This Guide, one of a series produced by the Imaginative Curriculum project, provides an introduction to how teaching and assessing learning outcomes might be aligned to curriculum objectives. Audiences

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  teachers looking for ways to improve the quality of their students’ learning;
  

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  course leaders/coordinators who lead whole course curriculum design and/or who help other academics to develop the curriculum;
  

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  staff developers and others who help academics to develop their knowledge and skills about curriculum design, for example, Tutors for PG Cert HE teaching and learning courses;
  
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  LTSN Subject Centres who are growing disciplinary knowledge of practice.
  

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  university administrators and others engaged in quality assurance
  

The Author

Aligning teaching and assessment

John Biggs