Prescriptions and perceptions of teaching excellence: a study of the national ‘Wettbewerb Exzellente Lehre’ initiative in Germany

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-254

  Brockerhoff, Lisa ^a   Stensaker, Bjørn ^b   Huisman, Jeroen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

cultural change; national initiative; structural change; teaching excellence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916879562     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2014.978134     Document Type: Article

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