Quality Work in Higher Education

Organisational and Pedagogical Dimensions

Bjorn Stensaker editor Peter Maassen editor Monika Nerland editor Mari Elken editor Tine S Prøitz editor Agnete Vabø editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:2nd Jul '21

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Quality Work in Higher Education cover

This book focuses on quality work in higher education, and examines the relationship between the organizational and pedagogical dimensions of quality work in higher education. Bringing together different disciplinary traditions, including educational science, sociology, and organisational studies, it addresses the following principal research question: How is quality work carried out in higher education?

The book addresses a wide variety of academic, administrative and leadership practices that are involved in quality work in higher education institutions. The chapters in this book examine core issues crucial in the design and content of study programs, such as modes of teaching, learning and curricula design, as well as institutional practices regarding assessment and quality enhancement. The introductory and concluding chapter present an overarching focus on quality work as a lens to analyse intentional activities within higher education institutions directed athow study programmes and courses are designed, governed, and operated.

ISBN: 9783030417598

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

186 pages

1st ed. 2020