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This chapter explores in more detail the qualities of award-winning teachers as indicators of teaching excellence, and how in all the connection to students is integral. Many higher education systems around the world apply more formal or informal criteria to evaluate teaching excellence, some assessed by peers and some from student perspectives. I will refer in this chapter to various studies on teaching quality and excellence, including my own, and discuss how the qualities are interwoven with student considerations. After all, ultimately, when the audience decides if a presentation has been successful, it should be the students who decide if a teacher is successful. The role of the teacher has naturally changed from authority to facilitator in the past decades and the post-pandemic time in education has created challenges to create meaningful connections and learning experiences.
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Tuomainen, S. (2023). Teaching Quality, Good Teaching and Excellent Teaching. In: Supporting Students through High-Quality Teaching. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39844-5_3
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