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Gabriela Pleschová – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This paper discusses a sustained effort to introduce and make richer educational development opportunities for colleagues in Slovakia: a community that has common experiences, needs, expectations, access to opportunity and social interactions that follow mutual interest. In this paper, I reflect on the challenges and lessons learnt over two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Scholarship, Instruction
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Karin Brown; Andreas Reinhardt; Thomas Korner – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Early 2021 was an opportunity to discover how lecturers were planning future in-person teaching following pandemic-induced online teaching and their reasons for doing so. In interviews, six experienced lecturers identified rationales and underpinning evidence for teaching decisions. The strongest reoccurring pedagogical rationales were enabling…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Context Effect, Lecture Method
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Lotte Dyhrberg O'Neill; Ane Qvortrup – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Little is known about the use of multipurpose teaching portfolios. In this study we examined teachers' general perceptions of a mandatory and publicly available multipurpose teaching portfolio at a research-intensive university with a survey design and a mixed-method approach. Responses from a representative sample of 384 teachers from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Teaching Experience
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Emily O. Gravett; Laurie L. McCarty; Lindsay Bernhagen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Recent research has explored the role of gender in educational development. International and national studies have shown that women predominate the field. In 2017, Bernhagen and Gravett analyzed the gendered nature of educational development in the U.S. specifically. What went unaddressed were the identities of the faculty served. Despite recent…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Sex Role, Gender Issues, Disproportionate Representation
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Mary English; Rachel Plews; Gail Matthews-DeNatale; Nick Wilson; Katherine Simeon; Helen Cheng – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This qualitative study examined how seven graduate students became prepared to teach in an unfamiliar online PBL environment through an experiential professional development program. During the 75-hour preparation program, graduate instructors completed readings and practice activities, immersed themselves in the student perspective, and completed…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Graduate School Faculty
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Katherine Herbert; Luke van der Laan; P. A. Danaher – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
The academic voice related to learning and teaching (L&T) professional development (PD) is an important consideration in supporting universities' pursuit of improving their teaching as a core function of their mission. Framed by a typology of L&T PD in Australian universities, this paper reports on a study that investigated academics'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Instruction, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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Xiangyun Du; Youmen Chaaban; Hessa Al-Thani; Adrian Lundberg – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This article reports on an evaluation study of the Qatar University Pedagogical Development (PD) Program. The PD program advocated pedagogical advancement towards student-centered learning (SCL), which has been highlighted as an important part of the university's overall strategy. This study explored 30 university teachers' perspectives on the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Q Methodology, Student Centered Learning
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Warren J. Code; Ashley J. Welsh; E. Jane Maxwell – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
We summarize the experiences and outcomes for 'discipline-based education specialists' involved with a large-scale, 10-year initiative: the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia. A key aspect of the initiative was the hiring of these specialists into academic departments where they held graduate-level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Educational Change
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Marloes Vreekamp; Judith T. M. Gulikers; Piety R. Runhaar; Perry J. Den Brok – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This systematic review explores what is known about the relationships between characteristics of pedagogical development programmes (PDP) in higher education, context characteristics within which PDPs take place, and teacher development outcomes. Thirty-one peer-reviewed articles were reviewed using the "Interconnected Model of Professional…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Higher Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Education
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Nicholas Munro; Heidi Matisonn; Nisha Nadesan-Reddy; Fatima Suleman; Douglas Wassenaar; Suvira Ramlall; Mosa Moshabela; Petra Brysiewicz – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Mentoring (healthcare) research from low-to-middle-income countries is critical for developing evidence-based healthcare solutions. This paper presents findings from a study of the mentoring and supervisory relationships embedded in a South African fellowship program for early career healthcare researchers. The findings demonstrate how, rather…
Descriptors: Novices, Faculty, Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
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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
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Elturki, Eman; Hellmann, Kate – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This study explored faculty experiences with teaching in contexts that are becoming more linguistically and culturally diverse (LCD). The findings revealed that the majority of the participants did not receive training to teach LCD populations. Challenges faced by faculty were attributed to gaps in students' linguistic and cultural competencies…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Language Usage, Language Skills
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McComb, Vivien; Eather, Narelle – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
There is a need to understand sessional staff experiences of professional development in universities, and as academic developers play a key part in university teaching and learning, they are well placed to provide this insight. The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore academic developers' perceptions of support and development for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty
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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
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Bojko, Marta; Kowalczyk, Barbara – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
In the highly competitive research sector, performance pressure is leading to the stratification of the academic profession, and to difficulties for early-career researchers. Support is therefore vital for talent retention, and to avoid 'brain drain'. However, limited research has distinguished varying models of professional support in research…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Scientists, Scientific Research
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