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Silander, Charlotte; Stigmar, Martin – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This article investigates how professional development courses for university teachers are viewed by different stakeholders, specifically students, university teachers, central university management, and the government. The particular focus of the investigation is on the relationship of theory and practice, disciplinary content, and forms of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Course Content, Faculty Development
Fossland, Trine; Sandvoll, Ragnhild – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Educational leaders are responsible for educational change, and many scholars have argued that academic developers (ADs) have expertise with the potential to influence educational change. We argue, however, that ADs' influence depends on how educational leaders perceive educational change and position ADs' roles and responsibilities in relation to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Agents, Instructional Leadership, Educational Development
Lundberg, Adrian; Stigmar, Martin – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
When stable and reliable practices were disrupted due to the global pandemic, university teachers were forced to promptly adapt. Through Q sorting and deliberative dialogues, this study reports how university teachers shifted their normative values concerning successful future learning environments during the first year of the pandemic. Results…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Pandemics
Pelger, Susanne – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
The aim of this study is to explore how academic teachers view and experience challenges in teaching communication. During a teacher training course 92 STEM teachers developed, implemented, evaluated and reported on altogether 44 authentic communication elements. Content analysis was used for analysing teachers' written answers to questions before…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills
Fremstad, Ester; Bergh, Andreas; Solbrekke, Tone Dyrdal; Fossland, Trine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
In this paper, we explore possibilities and challenges for deliberative academic development. Deliberative academic development refers to a practice that engages members of the university in dialogue about its purposes, ways of organizing and leading higher education, as well as teaching and learning. The paper critically analyses data from focus…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Institutional Mission, Organizational Change, Organizational Development
Wallin, Patric; Adawi, Tom – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are increasingly taking on mentoring roles in undergraduate research (UR). There is, however, a paucity of research focusing on how they conceptualize their mentoring role. In this qualitative interview study, we identified three entry points that mentors reflect on to define their role: (1) What are…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Mentors, Reflection
Pelger, Susanne; Larsson, Maria – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
This study explores the impact academic teachers' writing of a teaching portfolio can have on their professional learning. Through an open-ended questionnaire, 26 academics from three faculties reported on insights, effects on teaching practice, and effects on collegial exchange that the portfolio writing entailed. We discuss how the experienced…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, College Faculty
Stigmar, Martin; Edgren, Gudrun – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
The aim is to explore the absence or presence of, and motives for, research at centers for academic development and to problematize the research situation among academic developers. Boyer's and Healey's theories are used as lenses for the analysis based on the questionnaires that were used for data collection. The conclusion is that research is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research Projects, Questionnaires
Roxå, Torgny; Mårtensson, Katarina – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
This text taps into an ongoing discussion about academic development. It challenges an image of academic development as precarious and liminal and explores academic development as powerful. Sources of power are described and put into the context of values, ideologies, and policies governing higher education of today. It is our hope that readers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning)
Bergmark, Ulrika; Westman, Susanne – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
This paper discusses a case study in teacher education in Sweden, focusing on creating spaces for student engagement through co-creating curriculum. It highlights democratic values and a multidimensional learning view as underpinning such endeavors. The main findings are that co-creating curriculum is an ambiguous process entailing unpredictable,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Education
Trowler, Paul; Bamber, Roni – International Journal for Academic Development, 2005
A number of countries, including Sweden and the UK, are considering the introduction of compulsory teacher training for higher education (HE) lecturers. This paper assesses whether such a policy is likely to achieve its aims, and the issues that may arise as the policy is implemented. The paper draws on experience with this policy in Norway,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Curriculum Implementation