基本説明
Co-published with the Society for Research into Higher Education. What is academic development and how is it part of scholarly academic practice? What are its roles and functions?
Full Description
"This book contains ideas, conceptual and practical, with which it may be possible to negotiate with both government and institutional managers a role for academic development that is established, worthwhile and 'scholarly' in ways recognized by other academics." Teaching in Higher Education"provides some kind of answer to Macdonald's opening question: are academic developers a 'tribe' with their own 'territory'? On the evidence of this volume, they are disparate occupants of an emerging territory but are, at least, beginning a dialogue. While it may be too early to talk about a new tribe this book represents a valuable start in mapping the political and intellectual terrain." Higher Education ReviewIn recent times academic development has moved from the margins to the mainstream of higher education institutions. This book addresses the concept and nature of academic development and examines research into and within the field. It shows how academic development might be distinguished from and overlap with 'educational development' and 'staff development', and how it encompasses those activities concerned with developing learning and teaching in higher education at individual, departmental, faculty, institutional and even at national/international levels.The Scholarship of Academic Development addresses key questions:
What is academic development and how is it part of scholarly academic practice?
What are its roles and functions?
How can research be carried out into, and used in, academic development?
The contributors to this volume represent a broad church of experience, roles and approaches to academic development, and to theorizing, researching and practicing in this field. They have provided a significant resource to academic developers, to scholars of higher education practice, to higher education managers and policy-makers.
Contents
Preface
Contributors
Developing a scholarship of academic development
setting the context
Part One: Conceptualising academic development
Academic development
a practical or theoretical business?
A relational approach model for academic development
Orientations to academic development
Academic development through the disciplines
The use of research and development projects in higher education
Philosophical approaches to academic development
Alternative perspectives on professional practice in academic development
Part Two: Research and academic development
Qualitative research methods in higher education
Pedagogical research in higher education
the policy framework in the UK
Practitioner centred research on academic development in higher education
Researching the training of university teachers
conceptual frameworks and research tools
An action-research approach to strategic development
a case study
Realizing academic development
a model for embedding research practice in the practice of teaching
Conclusion
The future of research and scholarship in academic development
References
Index.
