Academics work in a highly complex world where they must build integrative capabilities and outcomes as teachers, researchers and leaders. As they progress from novice to expert their evolving identities, methodologies and strategies need to be well-attuned to their own strengths and the sectoral expectations: a process that is greatly facilitated by the guidance of leaders and specialist developers. Developing Academics offers guidance to developers, senior leaders and academics on the principles and practices that support high-performing and adaptive academic communities. As the first work to explore the complex nature of academic capacity building, it offers comprehensive development principles, learning theories and specific strategies to support academic growth and development.
Developing Academics explores academic capacity from a range of perspectives, including:
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What makes a high-performing, well-rounded academic?
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How can our academics be equipped to meet the demands of their current and future roles?
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What are the essential characteristics of an outstanding developer and development service?
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How can leaders support and guide high-performing academics who wish to excel?
This book is divided into five parts. The first explores academic capacity building and the role developers, leaders and academics play. The second part offers comprehensive guidance to higher education developers, providing the theoretical grounding, methodologies and advanced professional techniques that support their service delivery. The third explores the academic development context, mapping the key capabilities that academics need to acquire as they progress from early career to senior roles across their various portfolios. The fourth explores strategies to evaluate and research the impact of higher education development on learners and their performance. In the final part, the design of higher education services and their interaction with university leaders is explored, illustrating the critical importance of building influence and impact across the university community. The positioning of higher education development as a discipline is also mapped.
Developers, leaders and academics will find this handbook to be an essential resource for regular reference: full of useful insights, tips and strategies to help them increase their outcomes and impact. Readers are challenged to reflect on their own leadership and effectiveness throughout this work, as individuals and contributors to academic capacity building.
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Preface
Part I : Understanding Higher Education Development
Chapter 1 : Why Develop Academics?
Chapter 2 : The Emergence of Higher Education Development
Part II : Designing and Delivering Quality Higher Education Development
Chapter 3 : How Higher Education Development Operates in University and College Settings
Chapter 4 : The Higher Education Development Service Framework
Chapter 5 : The Role of The Higher Education Developer
Chapter 6 : Foundational Principles of Higher Education Development
Chapter 7 : Delivering High Quality Experiences : The HED Toolkit
Chapter 8 : Program Development and Management
Chapter 9 : Facilitating Organisational Change and Transitions
Chapter 10 : A Delicate Alliance : Establishing Effective Relationships with University Executives and Senior Leaders
Part III : Academic Capacity Building
Chapter 11 : The Evolution of Academic Identity
Chapter 12 : Entering Academe
Chapter 13 : Academic Collegiality and Service
Chapter 14 : The Engaged Academic
Chapter 15 : From Novice Researcher to Research Leader
Chapter 16 : Developing Research Capacity
Chapter 17 : From Aspirant to Excellent Teacher
Chapter 18 : Developing Learning and Teaching Capacity
Chapter 19 : Leading Academic Communities
Chapter 20 : Developing Academic Leadership Capacity
Part IV : Evaluating and Researching HED Practice and Impact
Chapter 21 : Evaluating The Impact and Effectiveness of HED Strategies
Chapter 22 : Undertaking HED Scholarship and Research
Part V : Positioning The HED Service For Success
Chapter 23 : Leading High Performing HED Services
Chapter 24 : Positioning The HED Service in a Political World
Chapter 25 : The Age of Influence
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