ERIC Number: EJ1439678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-144X
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1324
Valuing Teaching: Exploring How a University's Strategic Documents Reflect Institutional Teaching Culture
International Journal for Academic Development, v29 n3 p406-419 2024
Strategic documents are artifacts that can reveal evidence of an institution's teaching culture and, ideally, can influence how teaching is valued, rewarded, and resourced. This paper describes how an Institutional Teaching Culture framework based on six well-researched levers was applied to analyze strategic documents for indicators of teaching culture. Analyses conducted at five Canadian universities identified strengths and gaps within and across documents which, in turn, helped guide conversations about enhancing representations of institutional teaching culture. The authors share insights about our use of this analysis framework and offer recommendations to institutions invested in understanding and fostering robust teaching cultures.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Planning, Strategic Planning, College Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Documentation, Content Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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