The impact of increasing workload on academics: Is there time for quality teaching?

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The impact of increasing workload on academics: Is there time for quality teaching?

This paper reports on the results of an investigation into the impact of increasing workloads in higher education on teaching quality. Thirty eight academic staff in a Western Australian university were interviewed on a number of issues related to the increasing hard managerialism evident in their w...

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Main Authors:	Dixon, Kathryn, Dixon, Robert, Scott, Shelleyann
Other Authors:	Peter L Jeffery
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	AARE 2007
Online Access:	http://www.aare.edu.au/data/publications/2007/dix07047.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40630

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