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McCulloch, Alistair; Loeser, Cassandra – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Supervisor induction and continued professional development programmes constitute good practice and are enshrined in institutional policies and national codes of practice. However, there is little evidence about whether they have an impact on either supervisors' learning or day-to-day practice. Set in a discussion of previous literature, this…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Workshops, Foreign Countries, Supervisors
Guzanov, Boris N.; Tarasyuk, Olga V.; Bashkova, Svetlana A.; Ustakova, Daria A.; Sotskova, Svetlana I. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The topicality of the problem under study is based on requirements of the society and the shortage of teachers of vocational education on the labour market, aimed at successful vocational and pedagogical activities by means of the needed level of development of profession-oriented and specialized competences through self-development and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies
Shibru, Sintayehu; Bibiso, Mesfin; Ousman, Kedir – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore factors that affect institutional performance of Wolaita Sodo University. The study has identified middle level manager's perceptions toward institutional performance to indicate the key factors that seem to affect the performance of the university. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation, Leadership, Higher Education
Khasanzyanova, Albina – International Review of Education, 2017
It is widely recognised that tertiary education does not provide all of the knowledge and skills required to succeed in modern societies. Personal and interpersonal skills--so-called "soft skills"--are also needed to complement professional skills and expertise, and become an essential part of an individual's personality. One way of…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Volunteers, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews
Sofo, Francesco; Abonyi, Usman Kojo – Professional Development in Education, 2018
In Ghana, research has shown that educational reforms over the years have ignored the importance of school leadership development, and there are currently very few reform initiatives that address the need to develop the leadership proficiencies and skills of school leaders. This study sought to investigate how school leaders, who include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Professional Development, Principals
Deaker, Lynley; Stein, Sarah J.; Spiller, Dorothy – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Societal, governmental, and research expectations of universities in contemporary western society have led to increasing calls for teacher professionalism and accountability as well as research excellence and research-informed teaching. Consequently, demands on academic staff development continually emerge, which academics may view as oppressive.…
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Educational Development, Educational Attitudes, Discourse Analysis
Ssempebwa, Jude; Teferra, Damtew; Bakkabulindi, Fred Edward K. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Conducted as part of a multi-country study of the teaching-related experiences and expectations of early career academics (ECAs) in Africa, this study investigated the major influences on the teaching practice of ECAs at Makerere University; the mechanisms by which these academics learn to teach; the teaching-related challenges they experience;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Orientation, Teaching Methods
Rasheed, Muhammad Imran; Humayon, Asad Afzal; Awan, Usama; Ahmed, Affan ud Din – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore/investigate various issues of teachers ' motivation in public sector Higher Educational Institutions of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: This is an exploratory research where surveys have been conducted in the well known public sector Universities of Pakistan; primary data have been collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Motivation, Public Sector, Higher Education
Turunen Olsson, Pernilla; Weurlander, Maria; Mattiasson, Anne-Cathrine; Wärn Hede, Gunnel; Panagiotidis, Georgios; Broberger, Eva; Hult, Håkan; Wernerson, Annika – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Traditionally, nursing students learn medical subjects and nursing separately, which makes it difficult to develop an integrated understanding. This study aimed to explore nursing students' experiences of participating in a case seminar integrating medical and nursing sciences and if, and how, it contributed to their learning. A case seminar…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Seminars, Medicine
Evans, Linda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Drawing upon findings from a UK-based and -funded study of academic leadership provided by (full) professors, this article focuses on research leadership as perceived by those on the receiving end of it. Research leadership is defined as the influence of one or more people on the research-related behaviour, attitudes or intellectual capacity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Mentors
Boyd, Pete; Smith, Caroline – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Internationally, the increasing emphasis in universities on the quality of teaching, on student employability and on a corporate approach to entrepreneurial income generation has created a tension around the primacy afforded to published research outputs as a focus for academic work and status. In this study, a framework for academic socialisation…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Medical Education, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries
Chuchalin, Alexander; Malmqvist, Johan; Tayurskaya, Marina – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
The paper presents the approach to complex training of managers and faculty staff for system modernisation of Russian engineering education. As a methodological basis of design and implementation of the faculty development programme, the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) Approach was chosen due to compliance of its concept to the purposes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Development, Faculty Development
Burkšaitiene, Nijole – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2015
This article reports the results of the investigation into institutional support provided to adults by 12 novice consultants on assessment and recognition of their non-formal and informal learning in four institutions of higher education (HEIs) in Lithuania. Using the general systems perspective and perception theory, novice consultants'…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Feedback (Response)
Wu, Bian; Hu, Yiling; Gu, Xiaoqing; Lim, Cher Ping – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
As information and communication technology (ICT) continues to develop, it is essential for teachers to acquire ability for teaching with ICT. In China, new higher education (HE) teachers often lack teaching experience because there are limited teaching opportunities during their postgraduate studies. This status quo may compromise the quality of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Higher Education, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty
Salih, Abdel Rahman Abdalla – Higher Education Studies, 2013
Peer evaluation or review of teaching is one of the factors of quality assurance system at the present time. However, peer evaluation is sometimes approached with trepidation and with the feeling that it may not be fair and free of bias. This paper examines teachers' perceptions of peer evaluation as an enhancement for quality teaching. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Quality