ABSTRACT
Concerns about the quality of teaching and learning in higher education have given rise to teacher development programs and centers around the world. This book investigates the challenges and complexities of creating instructional development programs for present and future academics. Using case studies from a variety of countries including Estonia, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom, it examines issues that are important for higher education researchers as well as higher education managers.
The book includes international responses to the need to improve teaching in higher education. It demonstrates many different ways success may be understood, and investigates what factors may influence the results of instructional development. Contributors use these factors to explain program success through theoretical frameworks. This book also provides input for higher-education managers by pointing out how the local context and both institutional and national policy-making may help or hinder the effective preparation of professors for their teaching responsibilities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|52 pages
Training for What? Instructional Development for Graduate Students
chapter 2|15 pages
Preparing Doctoral Students for a Teaching Career
part II|54 pages
Using Programme Assessments to Improve Programme Design
chapter 5|15 pages
Mentorship in Teacher-Training
chapter 6|19 pages
Combining International Experience with the Local Context
part III|84 pages
Top-Down Determinants of Success in Instructional Development Programmes
chapter 8|22 pages
The Emerging European Higher Education Area
chapter 10|21 pages
The Influence of the Research Philosophy and Pedagogical Management Decisions of the University of Helsinki on University Teaching
chapter 11|20 pages
The Impact of Uk University Teaching Programmes on Lecturers' Assessment Practice
part IV|87 pages
Theorizing about Instructional Development