Strategic Approaches to Academic Development: Relationship to Learning and Teaching

Autor/in	Ling, Peter
Titel	Strategic Approaches to Academic Development: Relationship to Learning and Teaching
Quelle	In: Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2 (2009), S.48-53 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2368-4526
Schlagwörter	Universities; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Surveys; Correlation; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods; Strategic Planning; Integrity; Comparative Education; Scholarship; Information Technology; Faculty Development; Educational Research; Instructional Materials; Material Development; Educational Policy; Educational Planning; Focus Groups; Australia; South Africa; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Ausland; Fakultät; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Korrelation; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Integrität; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Scholarships; Stipendium; Informationstechnologie; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsplanung; Australien; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Großbritannien
Abstract	Most universities in Australia have established at least one organizational unit with a responsibility for academic development. While "academic" could embrace all aspects of the role of academics, including research, innovation, and contributions to community and professional bodies, the expectation is that the focus will be on learning and teaching. In this paper, I address the extent to which--and the sense in which--this is true. I use the results of several surveys conducted in Australia in 2007 and information emerging from a forum of Australian university personnel associated with the development of academics. These sources show that academic development units often perform a range of functions that go beyond the development of learning and teaching. Reviewing the available data, I conclude that the current role of academic developers is very much influenced by strategic pursuits of universities. In this climate, the potential for academic development to operate with the integrity of a practice informed by the disciplined study of learning and teaching is more limited than it was during periods where the understanding of learning and teaching drove the enterprise. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01