The means and ends of academic development in changing contexts
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2017.1305692
Abstract: The increasing reliance on sessional staff (the focus on the last issue of IJAD) is just one of several significant trends transforming higher education globally. Emerging technologies, changing student demographics, expanding demands for quality assurance,… read more here.
Keywords: academic development; higher education; ends academic; development ... See more keywords
Insights for academic developers from three international undergraduate research program resources
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2018.1415027
Abstract: Characteristics of excellence in undergraduate research (COEUR), edited by Nancy Hensel, Washington, DC, The Council on Undergraduate Research, 2012, 66 pp., http://www.cur.org/ assets/1/23/COEUR_final.pdf Developing research-based curricula in college-based higher education, by Mick Healey, Alan Jenkins,… read more here.
Keywords: undergraduate research; research; developers three; three international ... See more keywords
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable: a narrative account of becoming an academic developer
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2018.1496439
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article uses a narrative retelling of my journey to academic development to offer a new insight into induction initiatives: alongside a critical commitment to student learning, new academic developers need to build an… read more here.
Keywords: comfortable uncomfortable; getting comfortable; uncomfortable narrative; new academic ... See more keywords
Under the hood and in the ‘hood: exploring significant academic development relationships
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2019.1631618
Abstract: The theme of this edition is about relationships and partnerships in academic development in a variety of contexts, problematizing some sticking points. From building the capacity of educational leaders in faculties, to stepping in to… read more here.
Keywords: development; leadership; academic developers; value ... See more keywords
Wise academic development: learning from the ‘failure’ experiences of retired academic developers
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2019.1704291
Abstract: ABSTRACT Informed by Constructive Developmental Theory and the Threshold Concepts Framework, we interviewed retired academic developers from four continents and asked them to describe their processes of learning from perceived failures and how they see… read more here.
Keywords: failure; academic developers; retired academic; academic development ... See more keywords
Impacts of engaging in research into teaching and learning on academics’ conceptions of their development as teachers and on the roles of academic developers
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2020.1731814
Abstract: ABSTRACT 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… read more here.
Keywords: research teaching; research; impacts engaging; development teachers ... See more keywords
Drivers for educational change? Educational leaders’ perceptions of academic developers as change agents
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2021.1941034
Abstract: Educational leaders are responsible for educational change, and many scholars have argued that academic developers (ADs) have expertise with the potential to influence educational change. We argue,... read more here.
Keywords: change educational; educational change; drivers educational; educational leaders ... See more keywords
Our academic development stories: exploring identities, complexities, and experiences
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DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2022.2154138
Abstract: How can we best define ‘academic development’? This question continues to provoke ongoing discussion amongst the IJAD editors (Baume, 1996; Bolander Laksov & Huijser, 2020; Leibowitz, 2014; Sutherland, 2018; Zou & Felten, 2019) and has… read more here.
Keywords: development stories; stories exploring; academic development; development ... See more keywords