Understanding Staff Development - Hardcover

Webb, Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335192890 ISBN 13: 9780335192892

Publisher: Open University Press, 1996

Synopsis

As quality, issues in university teaching and learning move to centre stage, so too does the theory and staff development. But upon what do developers base their own practice? where does the idea of 'development' come from and what problems does it raise? What are the shortcomings of organizing principles staff developers have been urged to take up such as 'deep' and 'surface' approaches to learning, reflective practice and action research. How can the philosophical tradition of 'understanding' and the contemporary ideas of postmodernism inform staff development practice? Graham Webb poses three key questions: What are the bases for educational and staff development? What are the weaknesses of current practices? What will an informed staff development for the future look like? Understaning Staff Development charts the philosophical landscape of staff development. It will be of interest to staff developers of all kinds, and more generally, to anyone concerned with education and human development.

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Review

"Sustained and intellectually credible treatment of SD." - Managing HE "...tightly argued and beautifully written." - Teaching in Higher Education "This eminently readable book is one that should be in the collection of all thoughtful staff developers." - Assessment &Evaluation in Higher Education "...represents an unusually sustained and intellectually credible treatment of staff development and is, therefore, to be warmly recommended." - Higher Educational Review

About the Author

Graham Webb is Director of the Higher Education Development Centre at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335192890
• ISBN 13: 9780335192892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144