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Nicholls, Gill – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
The latest UK White Paper has once again focused attention on the quality of learning, teaching and professional development in higher education. Underpinning the discussion is the premise that teaching excellence and professional development are essential for all academics, in particular new lecturers, which are firmly positioned within the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Role
Nicholls, Gill – 1997
This book reviews key aspects social, psychological, cultural, and contextual of the development of collaborative partnerships between elementary/secondary schools and institutions of higher education, and examines especially the nature of collaboration as part of the framework of professional development. After an introductory chapter, the first…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Change Strategies, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Nicholls, Gill – 2001
This book considers the present landscape of professional development in higher education in the United Kingdom, exploring the roles and implications of professional development and accreditation and the sometimes conflicting roles of teaching and research. The roles of professional bodies in the formalized staff development and accreditation in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Nicholls, Gill – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2000
Clarifies the concept of professional development in the context of lifelong learning. Considers professional development as essential for researcher/teachers in higher education and discusses teaching as scholarship. (SK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Professional Development, Scholarship
Nicholls, Gill – Teaching in Higher Education, 2004
This paper demonstrates how the introduction of the word scholarship in respect to teaching has become confused and misplaced and used to sustain and enhance a particular type of credibility to activities related to the enhancement of learning and teaching in higher education. Bourdieu's concept of symbolic culture is used to construct the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation)