The criteria of effective teaching in a changing higher education context

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-124

  Devlin, Marcia ^a   Samarawickrema, Gayani ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective teaching; Teaching quality; University contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951037924     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360903244398     Document Type: Article

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