Overview
- Offers a global overview of academic development
- Calls for staff in higher education institutions to reflect on their teaching methods
- Provides international frameworks and case studies of ACDs from a wide range of contexts
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education (PSLLTE)
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Table of contents (41 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Part III
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Part V
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About this book
This handbook provides a global overview of the design, implementation and assessment of academic development centers within higher education institutions. The current nature of our complex, rapidly changing world makes it imperative that colleges and universities worldwide find ways to educate their students in new and better ways: this is reflected in a change in focus from teaching and testing to maximizing student learning in line with the core mission of ADCs to ensure students achieve the best possible learning outcomes. This handbook builds on this transformation, as well as the foundational ADC structure and programming guidelines established by the Professional and Organizational Development Network, to offer a comprehensive exploration of professional development in the sector.
This handbook is global in scale and comprehensive in scope, addressing various key topics such as organizational structure and leadership, funding, and program design. It calls for professors and academics to reflect on and adapt their methods of teaching independent to their research, and provides helpful frameworks and case studies for researchers designing centers or seeking models for additional programs.Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Otherine Johnson Neisler is the Deputy Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Her research interests include higher education teaching and learning with an emphasis on higher order thinking skill development and active learning; university student readiness; qualitative research design; faculty diversity; and school change.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Academic Professional Development Centers
Editors: Otherine Johnson Neisler
Series Title: Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80967-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80966-9Published: 02 December 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80969-0Published: 02 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80967-6Published: 30 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-7069
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7077
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIX, 700
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations
Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Higher Education, Career Skills, Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction