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Author Lötter, H. P. P. (Hennie P. P.), author.

Title Empowerment for teaching excellence through virtuous agency / Hennie Lötter
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource
Series SpringerBriefs in education
SpringerBriefs in education.
Contents 1. Introduction: Why Teaching Excellence is Controversial -- 2. The Comprehensive Scholarship Functions of Universities [Boyer] -- 3. Twelve Features of University Teaching as Scholarship -- 4. Major assumption: Teaching Excellence Requires Agents, not Patients -- 5. Empowering Abilities Must be Present & Developed -- 6. Virtues Requisite for Making Teaching as Scholarship Excellent -- 7. Conclusion: How to Become an Excellent University Teacher
Summary This books offers new ways to think about teaching excellence in higher education and presents a definition of the concept of teaching excellence. It offers a fresh interpretation of Boyers famous account of scholarship as the foundation of university teaching. To fully understand the nature of teaching excellence in higher education, the book gives an account of the various dimensions of the domain of university teaching and the core drivers required to bring those domains to life. The idea of empowerment underlies the journey to excellence in teaching. The book argues that university lecturers aspiring to become excellent should be active agents, strongly pursuing the development of their perfectible abilities required for high quality teaching. The work draws on recent developments in virtue theory to set out the qualities of character requisite for guiding and driving university lecturers to grow and develop into excellent teachers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 9, 2021)
Subject Education, Higher -- Study and teaching
Teaching -- Moral and ethical aspects
Education, Higher -- Study and teaching
Teaching -- Moral and ethical aspects
Educació superior.
Aspectes morals.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030825119
3030825116