Overview
Explores how internationally leading research-intensive universities are trying to improve teaching and learning
Examines comparatively specific initiatives across a range of leading universities in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia
Provides a unique insight into the ways universities work to support and enhance staff engagement
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 research and education. However, while much focus internationally has been devoted to how universities are working to boost their research performance, less is known about how internationally leading universities are working to improve teaching and learning. Through comparative cases drawn from universities in Europe, Asia and the US, key practices and lessons are identified and showcased providing a unique insight into the ways internationally leading research universities work to support and enhance staff engagement in teaching and learning. It will be essential reading for researchers and advanced students working in Higher Education and Sociology, particularly those with an interest in comparative studies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Bjørn Stensaker is Professor of Education at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Grahame T. Bilbow is Director of the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Hong Kong.
Lori Breslow is the founding director emerita of the MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory, USA, and currently a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Rob van der Vaart is Emeritus Professor at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Strengthening Teaching and Learning in Research Universities
Book Subtitle: Strategies and Initiatives for Institutional Change
Editors: Bjørn Stensaker, Grahame T. Bilbow, Lori Breslow, Rob van der Vaart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56499-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56498-2Published: 25 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85928-6Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56499-9Published: 13 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 228
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Higher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction, Administration, Organization and Leadership, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics