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Bens, Susan; Kolomitro, Klodiana; Han, Andrea – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Educational developers play a critical role as change agents and facilitators of curriculum development initiatives. This reflection explores factors that enable and limit curriculum development initiatives as experienced by a group of educational developers working in different university contexts in Canada. By highlighting aspects of our…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, College Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Capacity Building
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Brogt, Erik – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
I discuss my engagement with three professional recognition and development opportunities for academic developers: Senior Fellowship of HEA, HERDSA Fellowship, and SEDA Fellowship. I found that the portfolios for these fellowships complement one another well, and together present a valuable reflection on all aspects of the academic development…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Educational Development, Fellowships, Faculty
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Hayes, Melanie J.; Cejnar, Leela – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Interdisciplinary education is gaining prominence in higher education, but little is known about the experiences and professional development needs of interdisciplinary educators. Through the lenses of self-reflection, peer review, and the educational literature, this paper uses a narrative enquiry approach to explore the lived experiences of two…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development
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Jungic, Veselin; Creelman, David; Bigelow, Ann; Côté, Etienne; Harris, Sara; Joordens, Steve; Ostafichuk, Peter; Riddell, Jessica; Toulouse, Pamela; Yoon, Jin-Sun – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
In this article, 10 award-winning post-secondary instructors use narrative inquiry to explore failure individually by reflecting on their own definition and framework of failure, by giving examples of their experience with failure, and by elaborating how they deal with and learn from failure. The outcome of this collective exploration is an…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Personal Narratives, Reflection, Failure
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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
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Fyffe, Jeanette M. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
This article uses a narrative retelling of my journey to academic development to offer a new insight into induction initiatives: alongside a critical commitment to student learning, new academic developers need to build an informed and scholarly 'idea of the university'. As universities renew focus on teaching and learning, student retention, and…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Administrators, Faculty Development, Professional Identity
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McAlpine, Lynn; Wilson, Natacha; Turner, Gill; Saunders, Sharon; Dunn, Bill – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
Internationally, career prospects for postdocs, whether salaried on a Principal Investigator's (PI) grant or a fellowship, are precarious. Yet, many aspire to permanent research-teaching positions, and to achieve this goal they often strive to gain PI funding to demonstrate their research potential. Like many developers in research-intensive…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Career Development, Needs Assessment, Psychological Patterns
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Stevenson, E.; McArthur, J. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
In this Reflection on Practice we propose a triple nexus of research, public engagement and teaching that could provide a new pathway for academic developers to enable greater engagement in learning and teaching issues from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) academics. We argue that the public engagement activities demanded…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Golding, Clinton – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
In this article the author describes a discussion he had with a group of colleagues on designing alternative forms of academic development. In this discussion their creativity was curtailed and the range of alternatives restricted, because they thought academic development was restricted to offering opportunities for development to academics. As a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Definitions, Educational Improvement
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Ling, Peter; Fraser, Kym; Gosling, David – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Are there consequences for academic development arising from the move to student-driven funding in the Australian higher education sector from 2012? In a move that has similarities to the UK, Australian government-supported student university funding will, from 2012, attach to students who can select a programme at the university of their choice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Administration, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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Gibbs, Graham – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Educational development has changed in many ways over the last 40?years and the International Consortium for Educational Development has highlighted the sheer variety of practices by bringing together educational developers from countries where activities differ markedly. These reflections identify the wide range of foci of attention that are…
Descriptors: Reflection, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Practices
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Grant, Barbara – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Towards the end of his characteristically straightforward account of the landscape of educational development, Graham Gibbs announced: "I am skeptical about the value of the rush to scholasticism". Gibbs goes on to explain that he sees his most influential contribution to university teachers in his "practical manuals and…
Descriptors: Scholarship, College Faculty, Educational Development, Educational Change
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Macfarlane, Bruce – International Journal for Academic Development, 2012
The university system has expanded worldwide and with it the number of those holding a full professorial title. Around a third of US academics eventually become full professors, and the title is used still more exclusively in an Australasian and UK context, representing around 10-12% of university faculty. The professoriate undertake a range of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Leadership, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
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Holmes, Trevor; Dea, Shannon – International Journal for Academic Development, 2012
This article presents a humanistic dialogue between the authors that focuses on mapping place and identity in academic development. The authors chose this format in order to capture some of the important work that conversation among intellectual peers can do--work that forms the basis of much learning at conferences and in the corridors and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Humanism, Self Concept
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Chisholm, Mervin E.; Jimma, Tefera Tadesse; Tatsuya, Natsume; Manathunga, Catherine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2012
The purpose of this dialogue was to begin grappling with notions of neutrality and academic development in three non-western contexts: (1) Jamaica; (2) Ethiopia; and (3) Japan. The authors were asked to describe the political geography of academic development in their countries and to explore questions of neutrality. This dialogue therefore tries…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Figurative Language, Academic Achievement, Political Divisions (Geographic)
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