Professional learning for teaching at a research-intensive university : the need for a ‘care-full’ environment
| dc.contributor.author | Herman, N. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Bitzer, E. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Leibowitz, B. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-03T13:40:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-03T13:40:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Herman, N., Bitzer, E. & Leibowitz, B. 2018. Professional learning for teaching at a research-intensive university : the need for a ‘care-full’ environment. South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(6):99-116, doi:10.20853/32-6-2647. | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | The participation of academics in professional learning opportunities for teaching plays an important role in promoting the desired outcomes of higher education teaching and learning. If university teachers pursuing a career in academia however perceive the environment as non-appreciative and non-supportive, in other words, ‘care-less’ to such endeavours, they could become demoralised as a result of human and emotional responses. The purpose of the reported research was to explore the influence of their environment on the decision-making of academics to participate in professional learning opportunities at one research-intensive university. It shows what impact the care-less treatment of teachers may have on their decisions to learn to teach. Findings indicate that academics do not perceive the existing institutional environment as “care-full” (Milligan and Wiles 2010) towards teaching or university teachers. Carving out a teaching career in a care-less environment appears to have a negative influence on academics’ decision-making for professional learning. One implication of these findings is that university management should realise that a care-full environment to enhance professional learning for teaching, certainly at research-intensive institutions, is essential for such professional learning, for individual academics and subsequently for students and society, to prosper. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe/article/view/2647 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 18 pages | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Herman, N., Bitzer, E. & Leibowitz, B. 2018. Professional learning for teaching at a research-intensive university : the need for a ‘care-full’ environment. South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(6):99-116, doi:10.20853/32-6-2647 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1753-5913 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1011-3487 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.20853/32-6-2647 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104764 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | HESA | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Lecturers -- Professional support -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Education -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Education, Higher -- Research -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | College teachers -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Professional learning for teaching at a research-intensive university : the need for a ‘care-full’ environment | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |