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Callahan, Kadian M. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Applying a retrospective, qualitative, longitudinal approach, this study identified aspects of teaching and learning in mathematics and science courses that were the focus of reflections for faculty who were involved early in a STEM improvement effort at an institution oriented toward change. Results indicated an emphasis on instructional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, College Faculty, STEM Education
Grimwood, Marita; Hetherington, Richy – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This paper calls for consideration of appropriate support and development for doctoral research students involved in supervision of undergraduate and Master's degree projects. This subgroup's professional development tends to be neglected in academic development and the related literature. The paper describes a development workshop offered…
Descriptors: Supervision, Student Research, Doctoral Students, Graduate Students
O Brien, Emma; Moore, Gwen; Costelloe, Laura; O'Sullivan, Íde – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
The character of professional development offered to those who teach in higher education is changing. There is a shift towards the adoption of more flexible, work-based, apprenticeship models, where experiential routes are increasingly valued. This paper seeks to understand the factors that impact engagement in academic professional development. A…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Motivation
Helga Dorner; Swapna Kumar – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
The focus of this study is an academic development program for doctoral students which takes a broadened perspective. A thematic analysis of interviews with 23 program graduates provides insight into the perceived value of the program; graduates' learning about teaching in a multidisciplinary environment; their reflections on changes in…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach
Simon, Eszter; Pleschová, Gabriela – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This study explores how trusting relationships between PhD students and their significant others contribute to the success of academic development programs, and how these programs affect trust in significant others. It introduces a definition of trust and distrust in academic development as synthesized from trust research in other disciplines. The…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Dialogs (Language)
Smith, Karen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Academic developers are important interpreters of policy, yet little research has focussed on the interplay of policy and academic development practice. Using methods from critical discourse analysis, this article analyses a national learning and teaching policy, charts its development, and explores its interpretation by the academic development…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Leadership Role, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Deaker, Lynley; Stein, Sarah J.; Spiller, Dorothy – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Societal, governmental, and research expectations of universities in contemporary western society have led to increasing calls for teacher professionalism and accountability as well as research excellence and research-informed teaching. Consequently, demands on academic staff development continually emerge, which academics may view as oppressive.…
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Educational Development, Educational Attitudes, Discourse Analysis
Gibbs, Anita – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
A major challenge for higher education academics is to research and publish when faced with substantial teaching responsibilities, higher student numbers, and higher output expectations. The focus of this piece is to encourage publication more generally by educators, and to build publication capacity, which academic developers can facilitate. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Writing for Publication, Publish or Perish Issue
Patel, Fay – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
Educational developers tend to be located in centres and units of teaching and learning outside the academic mainstream. They have little opportunity to engage in scholarship. Through an overview of the literature on educational development and educational professional roles and responsibilities, the author suggests that promoting a culture of…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Educational Development, Professional Development, Educational Strategies
Neame, Charles – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Many institutional cultures resist change, and within universities academic developers vary their response to such resistance, depending on the type of change, the institution and their own characteristic styles, working preferences and strategic judgements. Variables influencing the successful introduction of innovation in academic practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Donnelly, Roisin – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
This article describes the practice of postgraduate supervision on a blended professional development programme for academics, and discusses how connectivism has been a useful lens to explore a complex form of instruction. By examining the processes by which supervisors and their students on a two-year part-time masters in Applied eLearning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Supervision, Electronic Learning
Smith, Karen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
In earlier work, I proposed that flying faculty teaching, where home institution academics teach for short, intense periods in host countries, could foster transformative professional development. In the present article, I explore this empirically. Using the biographic-narrative-interpretative method, five male academics were interviewed three…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Transformative Learning, Teaching Experience, Interviews
Johannes, Christine; Fendler, Jan; Seidel, Tina – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Despite the complexity of teaching, learning to teach in universities is often "learning by doing". To provide novice university teachers with pedagogic teaching knowledge and to help them develop specific teaching objectives, we created a structured, video-based, one-year training program. In focusing on the core features of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Novices, Professional Development
Green, Nicole; Wolodko, Brenda; Stewart, Cherry; Edwards, Helen; Brooks, Margaret; Littledyke, Ros – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Six academics at a regional university in Australia engaged in collaborative research examining their teaching and learning practices, their current understandings and beliefs about teacher education pedagogy and, specifically, the online teaching and learning environments. This collegial self-study project was guided by the goal of achieving…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Online Courses, Transformative Learning
van Schalkwyk, Susan; Cilliers, Francois; Adendorff, Hanelie; Cattell, Karin; Herman, Nicoline – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
This article foregrounds the iterative journey of a group of educational development (ED) practitioners at a research-led university towards an enhanced understanding of the ED opportunities we offer. Reflecting on the intention of our interventions to facilitate academics' professional learning, we developed a framework within which the range of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Professional Development, Intervention, Foreign Countries