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Matthews, Lynnette; Dobbins, Kerry – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This study investigates the perceived benefits to academics who assess HEA Fellowship applications in one institution. Results show that the assessors experience similar benefits from engaging with the continuing professional development (CPD) scheme as those reported by applicants. The data also indicate that the scheme nurtures a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Fellowships, College Applicants, Evaluators
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Martin, Quincy, III – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Career trajectories within the academic enterprise elicit copious amounts of literature, much of which focuses on individuals who hail from faculty and rise through the academic ranks to college and university administration. However, scholarly discussions that conversely pay attention to administrators who transition to faculty roles are not as…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Career Development, Faculty Development
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Hendry, Graham D.; Georgiou, Helen; Lloyd, Hilary; Tzioumis, Vicky; Herkes, Sharon; Sharma, Manjula D. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Rapid technological and social changes have prompted a strong focus on teaching practices in higher education. Among the assortment of programs and approaches aimed at developing teaching practices, peer review and observation of teaching remain widespread for their efficiency and potential to be transformative. Though such programs are well…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Research Universities
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McComb, Vivien; Eather, Narelle; Imig, Scott – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
There has been extensive research conducted into the plight of casual academic staff, the precarious nature of their work, their limited academic development opportunities, and their heightened risk of being positioned on the periphery of the workforce in academia. Institutions have attempted to mitigate this risk through the provision of academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Temporary Employment
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Hundey, Beth; Anstey, Lauren; Cruickshank, Heather; Watson, Gavan P. L. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Teaching-focused faculty mentorship programs can expose instructors to new ideas, as well as opportunities for critical self-reflection, professional growth, and network building. In this literature review, we synthesize the research on teaching-focused faculty mentorship programs that have been facilitated at institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, Blended Learning, Online Courses
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Gillaspy, Emma – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Turbulent times in academia have resulted in a workforce that is stressed and overworked. In this reflection on practice, I propose that taking an integrated coaching approach to academic development can support academics in making sense of their whole congruent self and how their roles in teaching, research, leading, and living fit together. I…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Self Concept
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Murphy, Michael P. A. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
In addition to their pedagogical benefits, active learning classrooms constitute an important topic of research and have renewed debates on the impact of the built environment on education. However, this literature sometimes overlooks the experiences of learners by focusing on the design and practice of teaching in active learning classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Benefits, Student Experience, Classroom Environment
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Wimpenny, Katherine; Beelen, Jos; King, Virginia – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
While the literature acknowledges the central role of academics in internationalization of the curriculum (IoC), little has been published regarding training of academic developers themselves to support IoC initiatives. However, higher education institutions around the globe are responding to strategic demands for IoC that prepare students as…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, International Education, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Shephard, Kerry; Rogers, Tracy; Brogt, Erik – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
We interviewed 13 university teachers who research their teaching practices or their students' learning to identify how they understood their development as teachers. We interpreted recurring themes within the data as three ways of conceptualising university teachers' development as teachers. We use a theoretical model to arrange these…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Role, Educational Development, Teaching Methods
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Reinholz, Daniel L.; Stone-Johnstone, Amelia; Shah, Niral – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Implicit bias is an issue that all instructors must face in their classrooms; this article describes an academic development method to help instructors address it. The method centres on EQUIP (https://www.equip.ninja), a free, web-based application for performing classroom observations that provides data disaggregated by social markers.…
Descriptors: Observation, Data Analysis, College Faculty, Mathematics Instruction
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Lennon, Sherilyn; Barnes, Naomi – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
As social media platforms become increasingly entangled in how academia gets performed, there is growing pressure on individuals to cultivate a digital presence or risk becoming invisible. While some adopt new and emerging online communicative tools with gusto and élan, there are others who resent and resist their creeping territorialisation of…
Descriptors: Social Media, College Faculty, Electronic Publishing, Computer Mediated Communication
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Stoltenkamp, Juliet; van de Heyde, Valentino; Siebrits, André – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
A Science Teaching Assistant (TA) Programme, at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), focused on preparing promising lecturers. A key component of this programme was the contribution by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies (CIECT), which promoted the pedagogical adoption of eTools to assist development of Science…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Reflection, Teaching Assistants, Science Instruction
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Brown Wilson, Christine; Slade, Christine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Scholarly discourses call for curriculum development to be democratic and collaborative, include multiple stakeholders' perspectives, and aligned to values that promote the professional, social, and public good. Despite this, curriculum development remains an internal process: a situation challenged by a greater emphasis on employability. This…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delphi Technique, Participative Decision Making, Stakeholders
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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
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Charlier, Bernadette; Lambert, Marie – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
This article implements a systemic framework to evaluate the long-term effects of a program characterized by a SoTL approach and a hybrid learning environment. The importance of the difference between the perception of long-term effects on individual professional development on the one hand and the development of collective practices on the other,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Blended Learning, Program Development
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