Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand from the teaching life world of quality assurance and education actors in the higher education institutions, their construction of teaching excellence. Design: Charmazian constructivist Grounded Theory Method was employed. Hermeneutic constructivist philosophy guided this study and 29 participants were interviewed using criterion i sampling. Findings: Eleven categories of teaching excellence emerged from the data and the constructions of teaching excellence were multifaceted. Based on the participants' voices, there is no universally accepted definition of teaching excellence. There is no consensus of opinion on what constitutes teaching excellence in all higher education environments. However, research suggests that Teaching Excellence practices were beginning to be applied on an institutional level as a management tool though not recognised by the term teaching excellence. Nevertheless, it was not being practiced extensively, and was implemented in pockets, with emphasis on quality teaching more than teaching excellence, and not generally implemented in a systemic way. Practical implications: The teaching excellence categories that we have generated in this study could be one source of elements our policy makers could consider when developing teaching excellence policy instruments such as Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Such Instruments could support the enhancement of educational provision across our higher education system. Therefore, rather than focusing on developing metrics of teaching excellence, it is could be more effective to focus also on how these institutions could enhance their educational provision. Originality: The study provides empirical contextual individualised constructed constructs of teaching excellence.
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