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Mackie, Sylvia Anne; McArthur, Sally – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This study demonstrates the use of metaphor analysis in needs assessment for developmental support and shows how it can be used to critically examine assumptions in the literature about the ways emerging researchers conceptualize their career trajectory. We investigated the professional development needs of a group of science, technology,…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Educational Researchers, STEM Education, Grantsmanship
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Gannaway, Deanne; Hinton, Tilly; Berry, Bianca; Moore, Kaitlin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2013
Effective dissemination is crucial if innovation and development in teaching and learning in higher education are to lead to sustainable changes in practice. In 2003, King used an agricultural metaphor to challenge innovators to understand the purposes behind their dissemination aims. Similar to the way that seed can be spread, one could choose to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Information Dissemination, Higher Education
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Fraser, Kym; Ling, Peter – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
University provision for academic development is well established in the USA, UK and many other countries. However, arrangements for its provision and staffing vary. In Australia, there has been a trend towards professional rather than academic staff appointments. Is this appropriate? In this paper, the domains of academic development work are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation