What makes an excellent lecturer? Academics’ perspectives on the discourse of ‘teaching excellence’ in higher education

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 451-466

  Wood, Margaret ^a   Su, Feng ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; research; Teaching excellence; teaching excellence framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015199059     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1301911     Document Type: Article

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