Exploring the Complex Interplay of National Learning and Teaching Policy and Academic Development Practice

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)262-272
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal for Academic Development
Volume21
Issue number4
Early online date6 Apr 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016

Keywords

  • academic development
  • critical discourse analysis
  • learning and teaching
  • policy
  • quality assurance

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