TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the Complex Interplay of National Learning and Teaching Policy and Academic Development Practice
AU - Smith, Karen
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal for Academic Development.
The version of record, Karen Smith, ‘Exploring the complex interplay of national learning and teaching policy and academic practice’, International Journal for Academic Development, Vol 21(4): 262-272, first published online on 6 April 2016, is available online via doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2016.1169189
Published by Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Academic developers are important interpreters of policy, yet little research has focussed on the interplay of policy and academic development practice. Using methods from Critical Discourse Analysis, this article analyses a national learning and teaching policy, charts its development, and explores its interpretation by the academic development community. The findings suggest that while developers played a strategic role in the policy’s development nationally, their influence on and use of policy institutionally was more limited. The article calls on developers to take a more overt leadership role in an area of higher education practice where they clearly have (often unharnessed) expertise.
AB - Academic developers are important interpreters of policy, yet little research has focussed on the interplay of policy and academic development practice. Using methods from Critical Discourse Analysis, this article analyses a national learning and teaching policy, charts its development, and explores its interpretation by the academic development community. The findings suggest that while developers played a strategic role in the policy’s development nationally, their influence on and use of policy institutionally was more limited. The article calls on developers to take a more overt leadership role in an area of higher education practice where they clearly have (often unharnessed) expertise.
KW - academic development
KW - critical discourse analysis
KW - learning and teaching
KW - policy
KW - quality assurance
U2 - 10.1080/1360144X.2016.1169189
DO - 10.1080/1360144X.2016.1169189
M3 - Article
SN - 1470-1324
VL - 21
SP - 262
EP - 272
JO - International Journal for Academic Development
JF - International Journal for Academic Development
IS - 4
ER -