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Reconceptualising academic work as professional practice: implications for academic development
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.
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International journal for academic developmentVolume
18Issue
3Pagination
208 - 221Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1360-144XeISSN
1470-1324Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2013, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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