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 learning • Part Two: Academic teaching and learning in the humanities • Part Three: Teaching and learning in engineering and architecture • Part Four: New approaches and technologies in physics instruction: Inquiry-based education in a post-industrial society • Part Five: Teaching and learning in the health sciences (Imprint: Nova).