Advancing the Quality and Status of Teaching in Australian Higher Education.
Lead Institution: The University of Melbourne
Project: SP12-2330
The Academic Workforce 2020 project prepared a national framework and evidence-based resources to support universities in shaping a coherent agenda over the 2013-2020 period to raise the professionalism of higher education teaching. This project provided a blueprint for influencing Australian policy...
| Institution(s): | University of Melbourne Victoria University University of Western Sydney Australian National University University of Tasmania |
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| Main Author(s): | James, Richard Baik, Chi Millar, Victoria Naylor, Ryan Bexley, Emmaline Kennedy, Gregor Krause, Kerri-Lee Hughes-Warrington, Marnie Sadler, David Booth, Sara Booth, Carol |
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Office for Learning and Teaching
2015
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| Online Access: |
/resources/SP12_2330_James_Report_2015.doc /resources/SP12_2330_James_Report_2015.pdf |
| Summary: | The Academic Workforce 2020 project prepared a national framework and evidence-based resources to support universities in shaping a coherent agenda over the 2013-2020 period to raise the professionalism of higher education teaching. This project provided a blueprint for influencing Australian policy and practice. The project commenced with the assumption that university teaching remains only moderately professionalised. With larger and more diverse student cohorts, plus the emergence of new educational models, steps must be taken to prepare the academic workforce, itself diversifying, for a new era. Drawing on international knowledge of effective teaching, experience in the introduction of professional standards frameworks, and exemplary Australian case studies, the project consulted with the sector to propose a Framework for Academic Professionalisation that is theoretically robust and practically attainable. In articulating the core characteristics of academic professionalism, this framework will be the centrepiece for recommendations and resources to support the steps needed to advance the professionalisation of university teaching. |
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| ISBN: | 9781760283667 (PDF) 9781760283674 (DOCX) 9781760283650 (print ed) |
