title: Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education.
abstract: We are only beginning to understand the significance and consequences of how the era of Quality Assurance Mechanisms is effecting nurse education. This paper argues that the later philosophy of Heidegger can teach us a lot regarding the underlying "calculative thinking" which informs the administrative mind-set which nurse education has taken on hook, line, and sinker.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Salford, Allerton Building, Salford, Manchester M6 6PU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horrocks
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013663:Teaching; D013850:Thinking; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*