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Clavert, Maria; Löfström, Erika; Nevgi, Anne – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
Pedagogical transformations in universities are typically explored as "top down" attempts or in the context of training programs targeted towards educating more pedagogically aware individuals. In this study, promoting pedagogical development is explored on a community level as change agency: acting as a broker between the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Science and Society
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Smith, Karen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
In earlier work, I proposed that flying faculty teaching, where home institution academics teach for short, intense periods in host countries, could foster transformative professional development. In the present article, I explore this empirically. Using the biographic-narrative-interpretative method, five male academics were interviewed three…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Transformative Learning, Teaching Experience, Interviews
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Kamvounias, Patty; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Yip, Jeaney – International Journal for Academic Development, 2008
The literature concerning formal and informal mentoring relationships commonly focuses on mentors giving and mentees receiving certain benefits. This paper gives voice to mentees' reflections on their participation in a formal mentoring program. It extends the literature by identifying and examining the notion of gift in mentoring. Through…
Descriptors: Mentors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Interviews, Helping Relationship