Quality, Mobility and 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 globalization. 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 learningPart Two: Academic teaching and learning in the humanitiesPart Three: Teaching and learning in engineering and architecturePart Four: New approaches and technologies in physics instruction: Inquiry-based education in a post-industrial societyPart Five: Teaching and learning in the health sciences