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TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing effective national policy instruments to promote teaching excellence
T2 - evidence from the English case
AU - Ashwin, Paul
PY - 2022/1/31
Y1 - 2022/1/31
N2 - There is increasing international focus on system-wide schemes of teaching excellence in higher education. In this article, I explore national policy instruments intended to promote and measure teaching excellence. There appears to be very limited knowledge about what underpins the effective design of policy instruments for teaching excellence. This article attempts to address this gap by examining the English case, which involved two distinct approaches to developing teaching excellence across the higher education system. The available evidence suggests that neither policy instrument was particularly successful in increasing teaching excellence across the sector. This highlights the challenges of developing effective teaching excellence policy instruments. Based on this analysis, recommendations are made for the more effective design of policy instruments aimed at teaching excellence in higher education.
AB - There is increasing international focus on system-wide schemes of teaching excellence in higher education. In this article, I explore national policy instruments intended to promote and measure teaching excellence. There appears to be very limited knowledge about what underpins the effective design of policy instruments for teaching excellence. This article attempts to address this gap by examining the English case, which involved two distinct approaches to developing teaching excellence across the higher education system. The available evidence suggests that neither policy instrument was particularly successful in increasing teaching excellence across the sector. This highlights the challenges of developing effective teaching excellence policy instruments. Based on this analysis, recommendations are made for the more effective design of policy instruments aimed at teaching excellence in higher education.
KW - Teaching enhancement
KW - teaching excellence
KW - national policy
KW - policy instruments
KW - learning and teaching
U2 - 10.1080/23322969.2021.1924847
DO - 10.1080/23322969.2021.1924847
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 27
EP - 45
JO - Policy Reviews in Higher Education
JF - Policy Reviews in Higher Education
SN - 2332-2969
IS - 1
ER -