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Hunter, Anna – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Academic identity is fluid, slippery, and uncertain, academic developer identity even more so. This paper explores the author's use of photography as a medium through which to present, represent, and interpret her own practice and professional identity as a third space professional within higher education. Drawing on existing literature on…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Ethnography, Professional Identity, Higher Education
Smart, Fiona; Asghar, Mandy; Campbell, Laurie-Ann; Huxham, Mark – International Journal for Academic Development, 2019
Written submissions are traditionally used in the assessment of applications for Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, with dialogue offering an alternative approach. Quite why individuals elect for dialogue has received little attention. Using a mixed methods approach, data were gathered from two Universities offering dialogic and written…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Associations, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries
Larson, Susan; Partridge, Lee; Walkington, Helen; Wuetherick, Brad; Moore, Jessie L. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
Recognising that regional differences in mentored undergraduate research and inquiry (URI) practices shape how academic developers might adapt international practices and resources to their local contexts, guest editor Jessie L. Moore invited four scholars to discuss the key terms, concepts, and initiatives for mentored URI in their countries.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Undergraduate Students, Inquiry, Student Research
Bennett, Liz – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
Focussing on academics' professional identity, this paper analyses the challenges academics experience when adopting new technologies in their pedagogical practices. Notions of "economies of performance" and "ecologies of practice" as well as the concept of liminality are employed to understand this identity work. The paper…
Descriptors: Social Media, Professional Identity, Teacher Effectiveness, Technology Uses in Education
Arthur, Linet – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
This article focuses on the life history of a university academic, and the ways in which he learned in different communities of practice during his career. This account raises questions about the applicability of situated learning theory to a knowledge-based organisation, and argues that both the external context and the individuals within the…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Kensington-Miller, Barbara; Renc-Roe, Joanna; Morón-García, Susan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
This paper builds on discussions of academic developers' identity experienced as a discomfiting, troubled, and often marginal space. Three experienced academic developers, located in research-intensive institutions in three different countries, using auto-ethnographic writing and a shared narrative inquiry, explore moments of congruence and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Research Universities, Educational Development, Professional Identity
Turner, Rebecca; Brown, Tony; Edwards-Jones, Andrew – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
Growing emphasis on research output has spawned initiatives to enhance writing practices, often targeted at groups less familiar with academic research practices. This paper discusses a collaborative writing group project for higher education lecturers working in further education colleges. Participants had previously undertaken funded pedagogic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Writing (Composition), Collaborative Writing, Peer Evaluation
Healey, Mick; Mason O'Connor, Kristine; Broadfoot, Patricia – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
Two areas of growing importance for academic developers are: first, their involvement in the development of institutional and faculty learning and teaching strategies; and second, how to engage students in academic development activity at institutional, department and discipline levels. This paper explores both interests by considering how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Case Studies, Educational Development
Crawford, Karin – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to explore faculty-based academics' views on what influences their behaviours and attitudes towards their development. Informed by critical realist ontology, the data collection was carried out through narrative interviews with academics in two contrasting English universities. Findings, or…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, College Faculty, Case Studies, Data Collection
Byrne, Jenny; Brown, Hazel; Challen, Doreen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
Many higher education institutions worldwide require that all academic staff undergo a peer observation of teaching each academic year. Within one department in a university in the South of England, questions have arisen about the value and purpose of the traditional "peer observation" process, and as a result a new voluntary system of…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Observation, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Crawford, Karin – International Journal for Academic Development, 2008
This research note discusses a current project that aims to develop an understanding of influences on the continuing professional development practices of academics (academic development) working in higher education in England. In this piece, the author outlines the research, its theoretical basis and key concerns before concluding by inviting…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Interviews