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Directions in staff development / edited by Angela Brew.

Contributor(s): Brew, Angela.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Buckingham Milton Keynes : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1995Description: 229p ; 23cm.ISBN: 033519270X (m); 9780335192700.Subject(s): College personnel management | College teachers -- In-service training | Educational administration & organization | Higher & further education, tertiary education | Personnel & human resources management | Organizational theory & behaviourDDC classification: 378.125 BRE Summary: Suggesting why staff development is important, this book shows how it contributes to the development both of institutions and of staff as individuals. It also explores what constitutes good practice, addresses other forms of practice, delineates the problems and opportunities, and presents the key challenges for staff development in the future.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

While universities have been concerned about educating their students, traditionally they have tended to neglect the development of their staff. This is now changing, and this book charts the directions that have been taken and the possibilities for the future.

Staff development is now recognized as one of the most significant vehicles for change in higher education. It has moved from the periphery to the centre, and is a key feature in all strategic planning. This book suggests why staff development is important now and shows how it contributes to the development both of institutions and of staff as individuals. Angela Brew and the contributors examine the current state of the art of staff development, and place it in the context of other developments in higher education. They explore what constitutes good practice, address new forms of practice, delineate the problems and opportunities, and clearly present the key challenges for staff development in the future.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Suggesting why staff development is important, this book shows how it contributes to the development both of institutions and of staff as individuals. It also explores what constitutes good practice, addresses other forms of practice, delineates the problems and opportunities, and presents the key challenges for staff development in the future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Trends and Influences
  • Part One Approaches and Methods in Educational Development
  • Changing Lecturers'
  • Conceptions of Teaching and Learning
  • Through Action Research Accredited Courses in Teaching and Learning
  • Encouraging Reflective Practice
  • Through Distance Education
  • Releasing Staff on Projects
  • Getting and Using Student Feedback
  • Part Two Staff Development for all
  • Top Training: Developing Institutional Managers
  • The Training of Academic Heads of Department
  • Provision for Allied Staff Working
  • Across the Hierarchy
  • Part Three The Learning Organization
  • The Implications of Quality Assurance, Audit and Quality Assessment
  • An Institutional Framework
  • A Strategy for Evaluation
  • Meeting the Challenges
  • References
  • Index