'Best practice' and 'challenges' in university teaching and learning: an editorial introduction and a contextual framework

Abstract

[Abstract]: This paper presents an editorial introduction to the refereed and edited proceedings of the Central Queensland University 2nd annual Teaching and Learning Showcase in February 2004. In doing so, the paper depicts some of the principal landmarks in the national and institutional policy landscapes that influence the contributing authors’ several engagements with ‘best practice’ in university teaching and learning, as well as with the ‘challenges’ to that ‘best practice’. The editors trace the multiple elements of those engagements, and link them to the national and international significance of the papers appearing in these proceedings.