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Developing your academic teaching career

Developing your academic teaching career. HEA Discipline Lead for Psychology. Dr Julie Hulme. Developing your academic teaching career. The teaching you do currently will give you a good idea of what to expect, and will also be important when applying for posts.

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Developing your academic teaching career

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  1. Developing your academic teaching career • HEA Discipline Lead for Psychology • Dr Julie Hulme

  2. Developing your academic teaching career The teaching you do currently will give you a good idea of what to expect, and will also be important when applying for posts. Selection for academic appointments will look at all your experience – research and teaching. It is important to be able to articulate your reflections on teaching. Competitive market in academia means high quality teaching is a priority. What sorts of teaching activity are you engaged in now? What development activity are you undertaking?

  3. What can you do to develop? • Workshops and conferences around Psychology learning and teaching. • Key themes in Psychology at the moment are • assessment and feedback; • employability; • technology-enhanced learning; • internationalisation; • retention and success; • psychological literacy. • Which of these areas are you confident about? What more do you need to know?

  4. Resources http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/disciplines/psychology Colleagues; Journals – Psychology Learning and Teaching; Psychology Teaching Review; Teaching of Psychology; generic learning and teaching journals; Text books; The British Psychological Society – PsyPAG and the Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology.

  5. Postgraduate vs lecturer 1 • Developing from postgrad/postdoc/other teaching to lecturing will require you to take more responsibility: • Writing your own materials; • Supporting other members of the teaching team, e.g. postgraduates; • Setting and marking assessments; • Communicating with students; • Evaluating teaching and quality assurance; • Module and course design.

  6. Postgraduate vs lecturer 2 • You’ll need to manage your teaching alongside your research activity and an administrative load: • Module/course leadership; • Admissions/recruitment and open days; • Careers tutor; • Specific aspects of student support such as level tutor; • Placement co-ordinator; • Exams officer; • And more.

  7. Preparing for the next step 1 • Try to gain a diversity of teaching experience that you can talk about at interview: • Ask if you can give a lecture and/or write your own seminar material for a class; • Make the most of training opportunities in your institution and outside; • Develop your subject understanding; • Reflect on your teaching – what do you do well? What helps students to learn? What do you learn through your teaching experience?

  8. Preparing for the next step 2 • Demonstrate a commitment to quality learning and teaching. • Apply to be an Associate Fellow of the HEA; • See the ‘Click Away’ flyer for ways in which HEA can help your development: • Events and conferences; • UK travel fund; • New to Teaching workshops once in post.

  9. Moving forward • What will you do next to prepare yourself for an academic post? • Keep in touch: • Psychology e-bulletin; • Email; • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk; • Facebook; • Twitter.

  10. What next? On a yellow post-it note, jot down one or two things you’ve found useful today; On a different coloured post-it note, write down one thing you will do as a result.

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