Staff and Educational Development Case Studies, Experience and Practice

Name: Staff and Educational Development Case Studies, Experience and Practice
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ISBN: 9780749440213

ISBN-10: 074944021X

ISBN-13: 9780749440213

Edition: 2003

Authors: Helen Edwards, David Baume, Graham Webb

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Description:

Maintaining the practical, interactive focus of the series, this book comprises a collection of case studies of best practice from around the world, covering different situations, environments and course types. They include key areas such as skills, research, supervision and curriculum change.

Book details

List price: $71.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 207
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Contributors


Introduction: Thinking, Writing and Talking about Staff and Educational Development


The Case Studies



Working Directly with Teachers



Yes, But Can You Prove It? Proving the effectiveness of one-on-one consultations




Professional Development in Retreat: Using a retreat to work on developing skills in academic writing




Mapping the Way: Involving staff of a new department in curriculum development




Are Teachers Really Researchers? Encouraging staff to use action research on their own teaching




And the Right Answer Is... Using experiential learning to alert staff to technical issues in assessment




Unusual Sources of Staff and Educational Development



The Proof of the Pudding... Gaining acceptance of faculty-based student support




Making a Difference: Acting as an informal mentor




Walking a Tightrope: Translating an institutional directive for external audit into a development process




By Accident Or...? Using online material developed for other purposes as a resource for staff development




Driving Change in Faculties and Institutions



I Will Survive: Using collaborative action learning for curriculum development




Better Together: Encouraging staff to engage in inter-professional teaching and learning




The Seven Steps: Making academics feel more valued as teachers




Mission Impossible? Promoting transformation and change through a student retention project




Standing Out in a Big Crowd: Making a university distinctive and implementing a top-down initiative




Too Much Too Soon? Setting up a new development unit




We're Not Laughing Now: Introducing staff and educational development to a traditional university




Working Nationally



Far Too Successful: Making accreditation of university teachers national policy and practice




Take One Country... Implementing a national system of staff development for university teachers




Becoming a Developer



Ways to Make Things Better--One, Two, Three! Tracing the career of a developer from teacher, to quality unit to national project



Conclusion: Insights from the Case Studies


Further Reading


Index