Awarding teaching excellence: ‘what is it supposed to achieve?’ Teacher perceptions of student-led awards

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 166-174

  Madriaga, Manuel ^a   Morley, Krystle ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Staff perception; teaching award; teaching excellence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957839971     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2015.1136277     Document Type: Article

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