Empowerment for Teaching Excellence Through Virtuous Agency / by Hennie Lötter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Education, 2211-193X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Higher Education.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Local Subjects:

Higher Education.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

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 Boyer’s 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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783030825119

3030825116

OCLC:

1266355099