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Direct linkBlackmore, Paul; Chambers, Jose; Huxley, Lesly; Thackwray, Bob – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2010
As universities change in response to their environment, so also do staff roles. In parallel with these changes, in recent years there has been significant incremental growth of provision designed to support the learning and development of university staff in the United Kingdom, so that several intersecting but distinct development communities now…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Government School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Universities
Blackmore, Paul; Kandiko, Camille B. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This project identified academics who have been involved with interdisciplinary leadership initiatives and sought to find out what had motivated them, what issues they had encountered and how they had resolved them. A powerful message emerging is the central importance of motivation in interdisciplinary work. Interviewees spoke of leaving their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Career Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Blackmore, Paul – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
The influence of disciplinary identity remains significant in understanding academic practice, although its nature and extent has been debated. A framework of organisational, cognitive and social perspectives is commonly used as a means of structuring investigation. A limited amount of empirical research on academic roles, attitudes, beliefs and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Management Development, Leadership, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBlackmore, Paul; Stainton, Caroline; Wilson, Andrew – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2003
Critical incidents technique was used to investigate the expertise of 11 staff development leaders in British higher education institutions. A model of professional expertise including both functionalist and experiential conceptions of expertise was developed and tested. It proved useful in prompting reflection. (Contains 13 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Leadership
Blackmore, Paul; Wilson, Andrew – International Journal for Academic Development, 2005
Analysis of interviews using critical incident technique with a sample of leaders in staff and educational development in higher education institutions reveals a limited use of classical problem-solving approaches. However, many leaders are able to articulate ways in which they frame problems. Framing has to do with goals, which may be complex,…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Higher Education, Interviews, Foreign Countries
Blackmore, Paul; Wilson, Andrew; Stainton, Caroline – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
A research project used critical incident technique to investigate the expertise of staff development leaders in higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. Problems inherent in such analyses are considered and the methodology briefly outlined. Interviewees' conceptions of their professional learning and the basis of their expertise are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Critical Incidents Method, Higher Education
