- Title
- Promoting quality learning and teaching pedagogy : evaluating a targeted localised academic induction program (AIP) for the impact on continuing professional development
- Creator
- Weuffen, Sara; Andrews, Tulsa; Roberts, Kate
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174485
- Identifier
- vital:14885
- Identifier
- ISBN:1443-1394 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Despite their position as providers of tertiary education, universities sit beyond normalised discourses of education where qualifications, registration, and continuing professional development are concerned. In this case study, we explore how participation in an academic induction program (AIP) builds foundational andragogy knowledge and skills and fosters individual commitment to continuing professional development (PD) for the critical engagement, maintenance, and enhancement of quality teaching practices. Through a poststructuralist lens, we gathered triangulated evidence via surveys (n=32) and attendance data (n=190). Our findings indicate a positive correlation between AIP attendance and initial PD engagement but identifies a 35% decline in PD uptake six-month post-AIP. Survey responses indicate that while an AIP is a valuable tool for prompting initial engagement in learning and teaching PD, the role and function of teaching within universities needs to be elevated in order to support a career-long commitment to academic enhancement. © 2020, Adult Learning Australia. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Adult Learning Australia
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Adult Learning Vol. 60, no. 2 (2020), p. 245-267
- Rights
- Metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Copyright of Australian Journal of Adult Learning is the property of Copyright Agency Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 1303 Specialist Studies in Education; Academic development; Academic induction; Learning and teaching; Lecturer development; Professional development
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