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Direct linkHabib Noorbhai; Danica Sims; Nadia Hartman – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Health systems face complex challenges -- even more so in resource-constrained contexts such as South Africa. Alignment of local educational systems with national development goals is needed to strengthen health systems. The further disruption of COVID-19 to educational and health systems underscores the necessity to adapt our curricula and…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Staff Role, Electronic Learning, Employee Attitudes
Hitch, Danielle; Mahoney, Paige; Macfarlane, Susie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
The aim of this study was to provide an integrated review of evidence published in the past decade around professional development for sessional staff in higher education. Using the Integrating Theory, Evidence and Action method, the review analysed recent evidence using the three principles of the Benchmarking Leadership and Advancement of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Part Time Employment, Staff Development
White, Paul J.; Larson, Ian; Styles, Kim; Yuriev, Elizabeth; Evans, Darrell R.; Rangachari, P. K.; Short, Jennifer L.; Exintaris, Betty; Malone, Daniel T.; Davie, Briana; Eise, Nicole; Mc Namara, Kevin; Naidu, Somaiya – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
The conventional lecture has significant limitations in the higher education context, often leading to a passive learning experience for students. This paper reports a process of transforming teaching and learning with active learning strategies in a research-intensive educational context across a faculty of 45 academic staff and more than 1,000…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Research Universities, Learning Strategies
Barnard, Alan; Croft, Waveney; Irons, Rosemary; Cuffe, Natalie; Bandara, Wasana; Rowntree, Pamela – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
This paper reports on the outcomes of a peer partnership program trialled at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. The program was designed based on a community of practice methodology to bring together academic staff for the purpose of advancing teaching practice. The program encouraged professional and supportive environments…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Partnerships in Education
Weurlander, Maria; Stenfors-Hayes, Terese – Higher Education Research and Development, 2008
This paper explores the impact of a staff development course on medical teachers' thinking and practice. Data have been gathered through 19 semi-structured interviews with participants on the course one year after their participation. The analysis of the data shows that the course seems to have contributed to changes in the participants'…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Teacher Improvement, Staff Development, Teaching Methods
Darwin, Ann; Palmer, Edward – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
Traditionally, mentoring in higher education institutions has either occurred informally or as a planned program where junior staff members are matched with experienced staff members in a formal one-to-one program. While such programs have reported benefits to participants, many miss out on the opportunity. Further, mentoring dyads do little to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mentors, Supervisory Methods, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
