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Herman, Nicoline; Jose, Maria; Katiya, Misiwe; Kemp, Merlisa; le Roux, Natalie; Swart-Jansen van Vuuren, Claudia; van der Merwe, Charmaine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This research explored the experiences of three health professionals transitioning into academia as second-career academics (SCAs), with the aim of gaining insight into potential enablements and constraints for such career changers. The process of redefining identity from expert health professional to novice academic could occur through a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Career Change, Educational Development, Health Personnel
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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
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Cilliers, Francois J.; Herman, Nicoline – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
Evidence of the impact of educational development (ED) programmes on faculty is often not gathered beyond ascertaining the immediate reactions of participants. This paper reports the results of a study to determine what level of impact an ED programme at a university has had on academics' teaching practice over time. Kirkpatrick's framework…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Interviews, College Faculty, Teaching Methods