Strengthening Teaching and Learning in Research Universities : Strategies and Initiatives for Institutional Change /

This book offers a range of approaches and specific examples of how a sample of internationally leading research-intensive universities, from a variety of regions around the world, work to improve teaching and learning. It describes and analyzes broad university initiatives and approaches that have...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Stensaker, Bj rn; Bilbow, Grahame T; Breslow, Lori; Vaart, Rob van der
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56499-9
Summary: This book offers a range of approaches and specific examples of how a sample of internationally leading research-intensive universities, from a variety of regions around the world, work to improve teaching and learning. It describes and analyzes broad university initiatives and approaches that have the potential of driving institution-wide change processes in teaching and learning, thus providing a link between strategic ambitions and cultural transformation in the universities. Globally, research-intensive universities are increasingly pressured to increase their performance in both researc
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XV,228pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319564999
Index Number: LB2300
CLC: G642.0
Contents: Chapter 1. Strategic Challenges in the Development of Teaching and Learning in Research-Intensive Universities; Bj rn Stensaker, Grahame Bilbow, Lori Breslow & Rob van der Vaart -- Chapter 2. The Expansion of Academic Development: The Challenges of Organizational Coordination and Collaboration; Bj rn Stensaker, Rob van der Vaart, Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke & Line Wittek -- Chapter 3. Educational Enhancement in the Disciplines: Models, Lessons and Challenges from Three Research-Intensive Universities; Kathleen M. Quinlan, Herman Buelens, Mieke Clement, Julia Horn & Camilla sterberg Rump -- Chapter