Staff and Educational Development: Case Studies, Experience and Practice

by Baume; David

• ISBN13: 9780749440213
• ISBN10: 074944021X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Staff and educational development is a burgeoning field in higher education, its members committed to improving student learning by extending the capabilities of staff and institutions. The field is attracting an increasing number of lecturers, who are opting to become part- or full-time developers. The importance of staff and educational development is also becoming increasingly recognized by leaders and managers at many levels who wish to effect change.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction: Thinking, Writing and Talking about Staff and Educational Development	1	(12)
THE CASE STUDIES
Section 1: Working Directly with Teachers
1. Yes, But Can You Prove It?
Serge Piccinin	13	(7)
Proving the effectiveness of one-on-one consultations
2. Professional Development in Retreat
Barbara Grant	20	(9)
Using a retreat to work on developing skills in academic writing
3. Mapping the Way
Lindy McAllister	29	(8)
Involving staff of a new department in curriculum development
4. Are Teachers Really Researchers?
Pip Bruce-Ferguson	37	(6)
Encouraging staff to use action research on their own teaching
5. And the Right Answer Is...
Jackie Lublin	43	(10)
Using experiential learning to alert staff to technical issues in assessment
Section 2: Unusual Sources of Staff and Educational Development
6. The Proof of the Pudding...
Glenda Crosling	53	(7)
Gaining acceptance of faculty-based student support
7. Making a Difference
Joy Higgs	60	(8)
Acting as an informal mentor
8. Walking a Tightrope
Carmel McNaught	68	(9)
Translating an institutional directive for external audit into a development process
9. By Accident Or...?
David Murphy	77	(10)
Using online material developed for other purposes as a resource for staff development
Section 3: Driving Change in Faculties and Institutions
10. I Will Survive
Robyn Lines and Peter Muir	87	(10)
Using collaborative action learning for curriculum development
11. Better Together
Anne Oxley	97	(8)
Encouraging staff to engage in inter-professional teaching and learning
12. The Seven Steps
Jamie Thompson	105	(9)
Making academics feel more valued as teachers
13. Mission Impossible?
Veronique Johnston	114	(11)
Promoting transformation and change through a student retention project
14. Standing Out in a Big Crowd
Steve Outram	125	(9)
Making a university distinctive and implementing a top-down initiative
15. Too Much Too Soon?
Roger Landbeck	134	(6)
Setting up a new development unit
16. We're Not Laughing Now Sylvia Huntley-Moore and
John Panter	140	(13)
Introducing staff and educational development to a traditional university
Section 4: Working Nationally
17. Far Too Successful
David Baume	153	(9)
Making accreditation of university teachers national policy and practice
18. Take One Country...
Suki Ekaratne	162	(11)
Implementing a national system of staff development for university teachers
Section 5: Becoming a Developer
19. Ways to Make Things Better - One, Two, Three!
Alison Holmes	173	(7)
Tracing the career of a developer from teacher, to quality unit to national project
Conclusion: Insights from the Case Studies	180	(6)
Further Reading	186	(5)
Index	191