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McAlpine, Lynn – International Journal for Academic Development, 2006
The field of academic development emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of student concern and unrest about poor teaching. This led to the creation of the first development units and a focus on course ratings which contributed to a thirty-plus year history of research emerging from a psychological perspective. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Instructional Improvement, Improvement Programs, Trend Analysis