"Serving time": The relationship of good and bad teaching

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-397

  Jackson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Experience; Graduates; Higher education; Students; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750609471     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880610703965     Document Type: Article

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