ABSTRACT

This study offers a theoretical framework for professional development in higher education and examines the priorities for teachers' careers in the 1990s. It may be used as a companion volume to the author's work, "Action Research in Higher Education".

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

part 1|19 pages

Praxis in higher education

part 2|52 pages

Theory in higher education

chapter 3|19 pages

Theories of knowing and learning

chapter 4|11 pages

Kelly's personal construct theory

chapter 5|16 pages

Leontiev's theory of action

part 3|60 pages

The integration of theory and practice

chapter 6|37 pages

Action research

chapter 7|19 pages

Educational research methodology

part 4|78 pages

Professional development in higher education