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The SSCI Syndrome in Higher Education pp 51–80Cite as

To Be or Not to Be

Impacts of “I” Idolization from the Perspective of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty in Taiwan

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Higher education evaluation stipulations originate from the rationale that teachers are researchers (Wu 2007), whereby they not only actualize their critical reflection on their teaching via their research inquiry, but also put their research into practice in their classroom delivery.

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    Shao-Wen Su Ph.D. (Associate Professor)

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Su, SW. (2014). To Be or Not to Be. In: Chou, C.P. (eds) The SSCI Syndrome in Higher Education. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-407-9_4

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