ABSTRACT
When I began to think about the conference theme Connecting Policy and Practice and its relevance to my work as a tertiary teacher developer, it immediately occurred to me that while policy is certainly an important influence on my practice, personal theory is at least as influential. Further, personal theory both informs and mediates the policy-practice connection. So, with these three interrelated elements in mind, I decided to (a) identify policies and theory that have a major influence on my day-to-day practice; (b) assess the relative “weight” of their influence and the reciprocal interactions that are possible between them; (c) review the extent to which alignment exists between university policies and my theory; and consider associated issues.
