Enhancing Teaching Quality in Higher Education
A Case Study of a Regional University in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9729515 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manhong Lai (0000-0002-7281-0825, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 585-602 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124520928613 |
| OpenAlex | W3042807335 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Enhancing university teaching has become a focus of higher education reform policies on the Chinese mainland. Facilitating teacher collaboration within teacher communities is perceived to be an effective way of enhancing teaching quality. Using qualitative methods, we conducted in-depth interviews at a sample university (H) which is a regional university operated and financially supported by the regional government. Twenty academics in four separate departments (Management, Information Technology, Education, and Physics) were interviewed. First, we found that University H had arranged joint enterprises, that a standardized repertoire was used, and that detailed controls were exercised over teaching performance. Second, we also found that the rationale of patriarchal governance was hindering the development of a community of practice. Third, young teachers were employing a strategy of passive resistance to the arranged collaboration
Business · China · Corporate governance · Focus group · Geography · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Mainland · Mainland China · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Quality (philosophy · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Medicine · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Communities of Practice
Promoting a self-sustaining learning community
Locating learning in teachers’ communities of practice
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Teacher development as professional, personal, and social development
Supporting novice elementary mathematics teachers’ induction in professional communities and providing innovative forms of pedagogical content knowledge development through information and communication technology
The Knowledge-Creating School
The professional learning of teachers in higher education
Situated Learning
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |