Teacher Development in Higher Education : Existing Programs, Program Impact, and Future Trends

Concerns About The Quality Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education Have Given Rise To Teacher Development Programs And Centers Around The World. This Book Investigates The Challenges And Complexities Of Creating Instructional Development Programs For Present And Future Academics. Using Case Studies From A Variety Of Countries Including Estonia, Singapore, The United States And The United Kingdom, It Examines Issues That Are Important For Higher Education Researchers As Well As Higher Education Managers. The Book Includes International Responses To The Need To Improve Teaching In Higher Education. It Demonstrates Many Different Ways Success May Be Understood, And Investigates What Factors May Influence The Results Of Instructional Development. Contributors Use These Factors To Explain Program Success Through Theoretical Frameworks. This Book Also Provides Input For Higher-education Managers By Pointing Out How The Local Context And Both Institutional And National Policy-making May Help Or Hinder The Effective Preparation Of Professors For Their Teaching Responsibilities. Cover -- Teacher Development In Higher Education -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What We Know And Fail To Know About The Impact Of Teacher Development -- Part I Training For What? Instructional Development For Graduate Students -- 2 Preparing Doctoral Students For A Teaching Career: The Case Of An International University With A History Of Regional Engagement -- 3 Graduate Student Teacher-training Courses, Job Placement, And Teaching Awards In The United States -- 4 The Impact Of Training On Teacher Effectiveness: Canadian Practices And Policies -- Part Ii Using Programme Assessments To Improve Programme Design -- 5 Mentorship In Teacher-training: A Preliminary Review Of A Professional Development Programme For Tertiary Teachers In Singapore -- 6 Combining International Experience With The Local Context: Designing And Improving Instructional Development In A Post-soviet Setting -- 7 Institutional Factors In Re-designing An Accredited Continuing Professional Development Course In Northern Ireland -- Part Iii Top-down Determinants Of Success In Instructional Development Programmes -- 8 The Emerging European Higher Education Area: Implications For Instructional Development -- 9 Teacher Development Programmes: National Policies Enabling Local Impact In Ireland -- 10 The Influence Of The Research Philosophy And Pedagogical Management Decisions Of The University Of Helsinki On University Teaching: A Longitudinal Study -- 11 The Impact Of Uk University Teaching Programmes On Lecturers' Assessment Practice: A Case For Pedagogical Action Research -- Part Iv Theorizing About Instructional Development -- 12 How Effects From Teacher-training Of Academic Teachers Propagate Into The Meso Level And Beyond. 13 Instructional Development For University Teachers: Causes Of Impact And Practical Implications -- 14 Evaluating The Impact Of University Teaching Development Programmes: Methodologies That Ask Why There Is An Impact -- 15 Creating Successful Teacher Development Programmes -- Contributors -- Index.