The International Journal for Academic Development· 2012Q2
Reconceptualising academic work as professional practice: implications for academic development
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Academic development should be reconceptualised as a professional practice, drawing on practice theory to focus on practice development, fostering learning-conducive work, and deliberately locating activity within practice.
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Key points
- Academic development needs a stronger theoretical foundation.
- Reconceptualise academic work as professional practice.
- Apply practice theory to academic development.
- Focus on practice development, learning-conducive work, and locating activity within practice.
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Abstract
Despite increasing research and scholarship in the area of academic development in recent years, it remains an under-theorised field of endeavour. The paper proposes that academic developers take a view on what constitutes academic work and see it as a form of professional practice. It discusses the features of practice theory that illuminate professional practice and identifies three foci for the application of these ideas within academic development: practice development, fostering learning-conducive work and deliberately locating activity within practice. It also suggests that academic development be viewed as a practice and points to features within its own traditions on which to build. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
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Field: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Human Factors and ErgonomicsSocial Sciences