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Enhancing educational development for new academic staff through the inclusion and comparison of disciplinary pedagogies Darren Comber University of Aberdeen & Lorraine Walsh University of Dundee. This is one of four projects…. Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Research (SHEER) Phase 2
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Enhancing educational development for new academic staff through the inclusion and comparison of disciplinary pedagogiesDarren ComberUniversity of Aberdeen&Lorraine WalshUniversity of Dundee
This is one of four projects… • Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Research (SHEER) Phase 2 • Funded by Academy Scotland • Phase 1: Impact of Quality Enhancement Framework / roles of EDUs & Subject Centres in support
Current project aims • Disciplinary pedagogies • Discipline? • New staff • Two HEIs (Aberdeen & Dundee) • Five Subject Centres • BMAF • GEES • Engineering • Biosciences • HCA
Project focus • Pilot • Heads of School • PG Certificate participants (past & present) • SC colleagues • Materials sent to new lecturers • Questionnaire: selection & QA
Generic = badDiscipline = good • What is “generic” anyway? • Comfort zones / Vygotsky / ZPD? • Professional identities?
Heads of School / Discipline • Key issues in L&T? • How do new staff find out about these? • PG Cert: only for new probationers? • What should a PG Cert. look like? • How might Subject Centres’ materials / approaches / staff help?
Former PG Cert. participants • PG Cert was a great help • Hindsight • Little call for more discipline-specificity • Stressed benefits of cross-disciplinary exemplars & opportunities
Current PG Cert participants • Discipline > subject? (?) • Dundee: came to realisation that many issues are “generic” • Aberdeen: ditto but quickly, peer observation
Subject centre colleagues • New lecturer materials (SNAS) • Questionnaire
Where next? • MSOR: maths module for PG Cert • Core & options? • Intro. courses / regional events (but ££) • Accreditable materials?