Download or read book Understanding Teaching Excellence in Higher Education written by Alan Skelton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a university teacher 'excellent'? As debates rage about whether this is down to subject knowledge, communication skills, taking a research-led approach or being a technological whiz, this book provides the first in-depth examination of teaching excellence in higher education. Identifying and examining interpretations of teaching excellence, it considers what ‘excellent’ means and implies for practice.