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Robin Sutherland-Harris; Ameera Ali; Eliana Elkhoury – International Journal for Academic Development, 2025
We explore the role of trust in fostering equitable assessment practices in higher education, as navigated by academic developers. Trust emerges as foundational for embracing equity and inclusivity in assessment. Drawing on our personal experiences, the authors discuss the necessity of trust, factors supporting and undermining it, and strategies…
Descriptors: Educational Development, College Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice
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Lisewski, Bernard – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper describes the Teaching and Learning Regime concept, situating it within top-down university policy implementation and its possible interactions, with bottom-up disciplinary cultures. It argues that top-down policy implementation needs to acknowledge the importance of disciplinary practice architectures and the enablements and…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Practices, School Policy, Intellectual Disciplines
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Koris, Rita; McKinnon, Sabine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Building on previous research on informal conversations in teachers' academic development, this study explores how academics' reflections on their teaching practices are shaped by online conversations with their international colleagues. In-depth interviews conducted with teachers (N = 13) at 12 higher education institutions in eight countries…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Development, International Cooperation
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Cunningham, Catriona; Mills, Jennie – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Reading poetry through a metaphorical lens, we enquire into our lived experience of academic development. By reading poetry as a metaphor for practice it becomes possible to explore teaching identities within higher education, creating opportunities for learning and critical self-awareness. Comparing and contrasting our different interpretations…
Descriptors: Poetry, Figurative Language, Professional Identity, College Faculty
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McGrath, Cormac – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
This paper presents the findings of a four-year research project studying change practice and agency in higher education. The main findings of five empirical studies are presented. These findings lay bare how academic staff perceive opportunities to change their practice, identify leaders' strategies when trying to bring about change, illustrate…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Educational Development, Educational Practices
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Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
A growing number of practitioners are re-envisioning higher education through student--staff partnership. Such a culture shift toward partnership can only be achieved through collaborative efforts among academic developers, other faculty/staff, and students. Using evidence from literature and my own reflections, I map the ways this partnership…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change, Educational Practices
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Roxå, Torgny; Marquis, Elizabeth – International Journal for Academic Development, 2019
This article is situated in the context of an intensified discourse within which academic developers are being asked to provide evidence of impact, and argues that theoretical models currently used are imprecise and fail to capture the variation in outcomes from professional development activities. Through reference to previous research on how…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Thinking Skills
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Taylor, Rebecca L.; Knorr, Kris; Ogrodnik, Michelle; Sinclair, Peter – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Midterm student feedback is a common process in post-secondary institutions that can lead to enhanced teaching practices and thereby potentially to higher ratings of instructional skills in summative course evaluations. At McMaster University, midterm student feedback is called a 'Course Refinement' and includes consultation with educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation
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Löytönen, Teija – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
This paper explores creative educational development by asking what it is or might become. It is based on a singular pedagogical process within the fields of arts, design, and architecture in higher education. The exploration is framed by Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of difference, which allows for a movement beyond educational certainties that…
Descriptors: Art Education, Higher Education, Educational Development, Creative Development
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Clarke, Angela; Johal, Terry; Sharp, Kristen; Quinn, Shayna – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Transnational education is now essential to university international development strategies. As a result, tertiary educators are expected to engage with the complexities of diverse cultural contexts, different delivery modes, and mixed student cohorts to design quality learning experiences for all. To support this transition we developed a…
Descriptors: International Education, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Educational Development
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Knapper, Christopher – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
This essay provides reflections on the growth and influence of educational development, and the changes in approaches to teaching in universities. It also identifies some areas in which educational development and developers face challenges for the future, including educational technology, leadership and resistance to change.
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Universities
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Stigmar, Martin; Edgren, Gudrun – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
The aim is to explore the absence or presence of, and motives for, research at centers for academic development and to problematize the research situation among academic developers. Boyer's and Healey's theories are used as lenses for the analysis based on the questionnaires that were used for data collection. The conclusion is that research is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research Projects, Questionnaires
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Bamber, Veronica; Stefani, Lorraine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Measurable targets, key performance indicators, value for money--whatever we may think of the "impact agenda," it looks like it is here to stay. Are we trapped in a positivist, new managerialist spiral of demonstrating the value of our work, or can we take the lead in reframing the discourse on how educational development proves its…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Development, Evidence, Value Judgment
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Grant, Barbara – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Towards the end of his characteristically straightforward account of the landscape of educational development, Graham Gibbs announced: "I am skeptical about the value of the rush to scholasticism". Gibbs goes on to explain that he sees his most influential contribution to university teachers in his "practical manuals and…
Descriptors: Scholarship, College Faculty, Educational Development, Educational Change
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Meizlish, Deborah S.; Wright, Mary C.; Howard, Joseph; Kaplan, Matthew L. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
This paper presents a quasi-experimental evaluation of a required, teaching-focused, new faculty program at a large research university. The study makes use of institutional data, including student evaluations of teaching and faculty participation in educational development activities, which are available on many campuses yet rarely used in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, School Statistics, Beginning Teachers
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