Determining Teaching Quality

Adam Lindgreen, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Roderick J. Brodie, Sebastian Zenker

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Abstract

The experiences and capabilities that each individual academic brings to their teaching are diverse and specific. As a result of this idiosyncratic skillset, it is notoriously difficult to establish a fair and equitable teaching quality metric. Many universities rely on one-dimensional metrics such as student evaluations. A perfectly objective method in fact may not exist. Also, teaching quality and teaching qualifications are inextricably linked. A fair measure of teaching quality, which identifies an instructor’s strengths on teaching-related activities and places for improvement, could be used in assessing teaching qualifications for making hiring, tenure, or promotion decisions. We explore how to define teaching quality and offer a general framework for recognizing teaching quality and assessing teaching qualifications. We consider the instructor as a specific example of a service provider, where the student is the recipient or a “co-producer” of learning. We apply service-dominant logic to explore how the instructor and student co-create value. This viewpoint helps define the instructor’s role and what quality teaching means within the context of value co-creation. We present an example of how this framework was implemented: the Danish National Framework for Recognition of Teaching Qualifications. The framework provides criteria that constitute quality teaching and can be used for assessing teaching qualifications.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelHow to Fast-track your Academic Career : A Guide for Mid-career Scholars
RedaktørerAdam Lindgreen, C. Anthony Di Benedetto
Antal sider15
UdgivelsesstedCheltenham
ForlagEdward Elgar Publishing
Publikationsdato2024
Udgave2.
Sider213–227
Kapitel11
ISBN (Trykt)9781035323913
ISBN (Elektronisk)9781035323920
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024
NavnHow To Guides

Emneord

  • Teaching quality
  • Service provider
  • Service-dominant logic
  • Teaching assessment
  • Student evaluations
  • Teaching qualifications

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