Quality, Mobility & Globalization in the Higher Education System: A Comparative Look at the Challenges of Academic Teaching

This book deals with the challenges of academic teaching in higher education with regard to quality, mobility, and globalisation. The articles reflect a unique interdisciplinary effort at collaboration, generated by colleagues and partners who joined together to form a community that aimed to chart the course of academic teaching. The book is divided into five parts: Part One - Academic teaching and learning; Part Two - Academic teaching and learning in the humanities; Part Three - Teaching and learning in engineering and architecture; Part Four - New approaches and technologies in physics instruction: Inquiry-based education in a post-industrial society; Part Five - Teaching and learning in the health sciences. See more