Quality teaching discourses: a contested terrain

There is broad agreement among scholars that quality teaching is one critical factor in student learning. We argue in this chapter however, that discussions around quality teachers and quality teaching have become so politicised that the mere mention of quality (when connected to various aspects of teaching) fuels immediate debate about definitions (what constitutes quality) and measurement (how quality can be gauged). The lack of precision about the use of the keyword quality causes confusion and it is often linked to measurable outcomes across a range of basis skills...