The Promotion of Teaching Excellence in Higher Education: A Comparison of the Australian and New Zealand Approaches

Y

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Instructional Effectiveness; Improvement Programs; Instructional Improvement; Comparative Analysis; Comparative Education; Operations Research; Institutional Characteristics; Institutional Mission; Governance; Higher Education; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Organizational Objectives; Organizational Theories; Foreign Countries

Australia; New Zealand

1446-0017

In this paper a comparison is made between the structure and operations of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council and the Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence of New Zealand. Both of these organisations were established in the mid 2000s and were created at a time when higher education institutions in both countries were attempting to increase their research profiles in response to changing funding criteria. Although the two organisations were established for similar reasons they did not operate in quite the same fashion and with the same degree of focus. Instead large differences in the scale of funding has meant that the Australian agency undertakes far more activities than its New Zealand counterpart, although the relative influence of the two bodies in their respective jurisdictions is similar. (Contains 7 endnotes and 3 tables.)

As Provided

34

2012

EJ978482