Staff and educational development : case studies, experience, and practice from higher education / Helen Edwards, David Baume & Graham Webb

By:

Edwards, Helen

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: UK : Kogan Page, 2003Description: xi, 194 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

074944021X

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DDC classification:

378.12 EDW

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	378.12 EDW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000366188

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Maintaining the practical and interactive focus of the series, this book features a collection of case studies of best practice from around the world, covering different situations, environments and course types. They include key areas such as skills, research, supervision and curriculum change and development, support services, implementing change, leadership, quality assurance and improvement and accreditation. The studies are presented in such a way as to encourage readers to engage in critical reflection. After each one, its author provides a thorough analysis of the case, teasing out key issues and providing links to research and experience in the area.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Contributors (p. ix)
Introduction: Thinking, Writing and Talking about Staff and Educational Development (p. 1)
The Case Studies
Section 1 Working Directly with Teachers
1. Yes, But Can You Prove It? Proving the effectiveness of one-on-one consultations (p. 13)
2. Professional Development in Retreat: Using a retreat to work on developing skills in academic writing (p. 20)
3. Mapping the Way: Involving staff of a new department in curriculum development (p. 29)
4. Are Teachers Really Researchers? Encouraging staff to use action research on their own teaching (p. 37)
5. And the Right Answer Is... Using experiential learning to alert staff to technical issues in assessment (p. 43)
Section 2 Unusual Sources of Staff and Educational Development
6. The Proof of the Pudding... Gaining acceptance of faculty-based student support (p. 53)
7. Making a Difference: Acting as an informal mentor (p. 60)
8. Walking a Tightrope: Translating an institutional directive for external audit into a development process (p. 68)
9. By Accident Or...? Using online material developed for other purposes as a resource for staff development (p. 77)
Section 3 Driving Change in Faculties and Institutions
10. I Will Survive: Using collaborative action learning for curriculum development (p. 87)
11. Better Together: Encouraging staff to engage in inter-professional teaching and learning (p. 97)
12. The Seven Steps: Making academics feel more valued as teachers (p. 105)
13. Mission Impossible? Promoting transformation and change through a student retention project (p. 114)
14. Standing Out in a Big Crowd: Making a university distinctive and implementing a top-down initiative (p. 125)
15. Too Much Too Soon? Setting up a new development unit (p. 134)
16. We're Not Laughing Now: Introducing staff and educational development to a traditional university (p. 140)
Section 4 Working Nationally
17. Far Too Successful: Making accreditation of university teachers national policy and practice (p. 153)
18. Take One Country... Implementing a national system of staff development for university teachers (p. 162)
Section 5 Becoming a Developer
19. Ways to Make Things Better--One, Two, Three! Tracing the career of a developer from teacher, to quality unit to national project (p. 173)
Conclusion: Insights from the Case Studies (p. 180)
Further Reading (p. 186)
Index (p. 191)