Enhancing teaching quality through peer review of teaching

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-149

  Lomas, Laurie ^a   Nicholls, Gill ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implementation; Organisational culture; Peer review of teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944462710     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320500175118     Document Type: Review

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