Quality Work in Higher Education: Organisational and Pedagogical Dimensions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030417567)

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 at how study programmes and courses are designed, governed, and operated.

Author: Mari Elken
ISBN-10: 3030417565
ISBN-13: 9783030417567
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2020
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d