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Effects of the performance management context on Australian academics’ engagement with the scholarship of teaching and learning: a pilot study
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Mathison, K, Effects of the performance management context on Australian academics' engagement with the scholarship of teaching and learning: a pilot study, Australian Educational Researcher, 42, (1) pp. 97-116. ISSN 0311-6999 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 The Australian Association for Research in Education, Inc.
DOI: doi:10.1007/s13384-014-0154-z
Abstract
In the context of increased demands for excellence in all areas, academic
promotion and tenure is now directly linked to achievement of measurable
outputs in all areas of performance. In a work environment characterised by high
workloads, competing expectations and reduced resources, academics must
increasingly demonstrate active engagement with the scholarship of teaching and
learning (SoTL). For many, this may mean adopting new cultures, methodologies,
theories, languages and modes of enquiry outside their home or cognate discipline.
In the context of performance management, academics must reconceptualise and
articulate notions of ‘good academic practice’, often in parallel with the practical
requirement to continue to teach in the culture and practices of their cognate discipline.
We need to better understand the implications, for institutions and individuals,
of approaching SoTL through the lens of performance evaluation. This
paper reports the key themes from a pilot study examining how academics at an
Australian university are responding to the emergence of SoTL in the performance
management context.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Scholarship of teaching and learning Higher education Performance management Thematic analysis Academic identity |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
Objective Field: | Policies and development |
UTAS Author: | Mathison, K (Dr Karin Mathison) |
ID Code: | 94355 |
Year Published: | 2015 (online first 2014) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2014-09-06 |
Last Modified: | 2015-04-24 |
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