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Whitton, Joy; Parr, Graham; Choate, Julia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
This article critically investigates the impact of a program of professional learning for education-focused academics (EFAs) in an Australian university, focused on developing their education research capability. The 'Higher Education Research' (HER) program employed a three-pronged strategy: skills development workshops; sustained small group…
Descriptors: Educational Research, College Faculty, Teacher Researchers, Research Skills
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Farrell, Peter – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2015
The author, a school principal with significant classroom responsibilities recounts his journey towards authenticity as an independent teacher-researcher. His career as a researcher began in the scientific-knowledge tradition and then moved into the practical-knowledge tradition. He describes how Donald Schön, the father of reflective practice,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Teacher Researchers, Faculty Development, Educational Practices
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Matthews, Kelly E.; Lodge, Jason M.; Bosanquet, Agnes – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
Early career academia is a challenging time, particularly as academics are facing increasing pressures to excel across a range of areas. Boyer argued for the "true scholar" versed in the overlapping areas of scholarship in research, teaching, integration and engagement. Academic developers have an important role to play in assisting the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Faculty Development, Scholarship
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Smith, Kylie M.; Else, Fabienne; Crookes, Patrick A. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Universities in Australia are becoming increasingly concerned with their reputation as "engaged" institutions. Yet there is significant confusion about what this idea of "engagement" means and no clear way of measuring or reporting it. In part, this is because of the nature of engagement itself which is dependent on local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Scholarship, Writing for Publication
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Booth, Shirley – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
In this article, the author comments on two highly cited articles and how they link to wider trends in higher education research. The two papers in question, Angela Brew's article from 2003, "Teaching and research: New relationships and their implications for inquiry-based teaching and learning in higher education" and Gerlese Akerlind's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Research, Models
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Kosnik, Clare; Menna, Lydia; Dharamshi, Pooja; Miyata, Cathy; Cleovoulou, Yiola; Beck, Clive – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
This paper reports on a research study of 28 literacy teacher educators (LTE) in four countries: Canada, the USA, England and Australia. It identifies three main forms of professional development: informal, formal and communities of practice and four spheres of knowledge: research; pedagogy of higher education; literacy and literacy teaching; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Professional Development, Teacher Educators