The desired teaching qualities of lecturers in higher education: A means end analysis

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-242

  Voss, Roediger ^a   Gruber, Thorsten ^b  

^a LUDWIGSBURG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germany; Higher education; Quality standards; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746701500     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880610678540     Document Type: Article

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