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Zusatztext Through gathering perspectives on excellence from members of several stakeholder groups — higher education institutions, academics, students, employers and parents — Margaret Wood and Feng Su encourage us to wrestle with what excellence means not only according to members of these groups but also, importantly, at the intersections of their multiple perspectives. Informationen zum Autor Margaret Wood is Senior Lecturer at York St John University, UK. Klappentext Teaching excellence is a topic of international significance, having importance for higher education worldwide, yet is generally considered to be poorly defined and understood. The current discourse of teaching excellence is narrowly framed, instrumental and performative, with an onus on measurement and quantification. Wood and Su investigate and rethink excellence in higher education, connecting this to the understanding of the role and purpose of higher education. Stakeholder perspectives on teaching excellence are explored, and the authors argue that it is through engaging with higher education constituencies, to examine teaching excellence from different angles and stances, that more inclusive understandings may be built. These stakeholder perspectives, which form the central chapters of the book, include higher education institutions, academics, students, employers and parents. The importance of a commitment to engaging with understandings situated in the diverse experiences and contexts of stakeholders for an 'inclusive perspective' on teaching excellence is affirmed. At the close of the book, the Coda examines some of the implications of the responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic for inclusive perspectives on teaching excellence in higher education. Vorwort Provides an international perspective on teaching excellence drawing together different stakeholders’ perspectives and offering suggestions for nurturing and developing a more inclusive notion of teaching excellence. Zusammenfassung Teaching excellence is a topic of international significance, having importance for higher education worldwide, yet is generally considered to be poorly defined and understood. The current discourse of teaching excellence is narrowly framed, instrumental and performative, with an onus on measurement and quantification. Wood and Su investigate and rethink excellence in higher education, connecting this to the understanding of the role and purpose of higher education. Stakeholder perspectives on teaching excellence are explored, and the authors argue that it is through engaging with higher education constituencies, to examine teaching excellence from different angles and stances, that more inclusive understandings may be built. These stakeholder perspectives, which form the central chapters of the book, include higher education institutions, academics, students, employers and parents. The importance of a commitment to engaging with understandings situated in the diverse experiences and contexts of stakeholders for an ‘inclusive perspective’ on teaching excellence is affirmed. At the close of the book, the Coda examines some of the implications of the responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic for inclusive perspectives on teaching excellence in higher education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Preface 1. Discourses of Teaching Excellence in Higher Education 2. Institutions' Perspectives on Teaching Excellence 3. Academics' Perspectives on Teaching Excellence 4. Students' Perspectives on Teaching Excellence 5. Employers' Perspectives on Teaching Excellence 6. Parents' Perspectives on Teaching Excellence 7. Towards an Inclusive Perspective on Teaching Excellence Coda: Teaching Excellence in Challenging Times References Index ...
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Margaret Wood is Senior Lecturer at York St John University, UK.Feng Su is Associate Professor and Head of Education Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
