Understanding ‘teaching excellence’ in higher education: a critical evaluation of the National Teaching Fellowships Scheme

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Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature (2011, background): “For example, Skelton (2004) draws from literature on the low value of teaching in higher education (e.g., Hutchings & Shulman, 1999) in an evaluation of a particular national-level teaching award program designed to increase teaching innovation by recognizing a small number of good teachers and…”
Out of balance: lecturers’ perceptions of differential status and rewards in relation to teaching and research (2006, background): “Skelton's ( 2004 ) critical evaluation of the National Teaching Fellowships Scheme suggests that, for some of the recipients at least, the award represents a ‘poisoned chalice’ since the adoption of a teaching identity can prove costly in the research-dominated culture of universities.”