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Conceptions of Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Implications for Future Policy and Practice

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Questioning Excellence in Higher Education

Part of the book series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series ((CHER,volume 3))

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As higher education has expanded from a rather small and elite activity experienced by a minority of the population into a mass system in which it is expected that a majority of the population will, at some point in their lives, gain a higher education experience, the range of learners engaging in higher learning has grown and diversified as has the range of provision on offer.

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  1. Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, The Open University, United Kingdom

    Brenda Little

  2. Higher Education Funding Council for England, England

    William Locke

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  1. University of Pavia, Italy

    Michele Rostan

  2. University of Pavia, Italy

    Massimiliano Vaira

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Little, B., Locke, W. (2011). Conceptions of Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Implications for Future Policy and Practice. In: Rostan, M., Vaira, M. (eds) Questioning Excellence in Higher Education. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series, vol 3. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-642-7_7

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