Expertise: How do we develop a career long engagement with teaching?

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Abstract

In this chapter we examine how we can deepen our understanding and expertise as higher education teachers through ongoing personal and professional development, building on the notion in Chapter Three that ‘Our teaching is always in the process of developing’. The chapter begins with an overview of what it means to develop our ‘expertise’ in higher education teaching and puts this in relation to the notion of scholarship of teaching and learning. We look at the importance of informal learning and the influence of the collegial workplace in relation to our engagement and professional development. This chapter also considers some of the ways in which universities are trying to appraise and reward engagement with teaching through a variety of reward mechanisms and promotion policies that focus on recognising teaching excellence, scholarship of teaching and learning, and leadership in learning and teaching as key performance areas. Finally, we consider some of the milestones that might typically characterise an academic career and how we can engage with respect to our career trajectory and promotion opportunities, as well as what to consider when constructing a teaching portfolio.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReflective Teaching in Higher Education
EditorsPaul Ashwin, David Boud, Susanna Calkins, Kelly Coate, Fiona Hallett, Greg Light, Kathy Luckett, Jan McArthur, Iain MacLaren, Monica McLean, Velda McCune, Michelle Tooher
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherBloomsbury Academic
Chapter16
Pages357-378
ISBN (Electronic)9781350084698 , 9781350084681
ISBN (Print)9781350084667, 9781350084674
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Feb 20

Publication series

NameReflective teaching series
PublisherBloomsbury

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Educational Sciences

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