UNDERSTANDING TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Key Issues in Higher Education)
β Scribed by Alan Skelton
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 202
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
What makes a university teacher 'excellent'? As debates rage about whether this is down to subject knowledge, communication skills, taking a research-led approach or being a technological whiz, this book provides the first in-depth examination of teaching excellence in higher education. Identifying and examining interpretations of teaching excellence, it considers what βexcellentβ means and implies for practice. Β
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