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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955896403321

Autore

Webb Graham <1950-, >

Titolo

Understanding staff development / / Graham Webb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-09906-5

0-203-07232-4

1-283-97255-7

1-135-09907-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

378.125

Soggetti

College teaching

College teachers - Training of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1996 by the Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Understanding Staff Development; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Positive Knowledge and Progress in Staff Development; 3 Staff Development for Understanding People and Ourselves; 4 To Critically Go: Staff Development for a Better World; 5 Postmodernity and Staff Development: Nowhere to Run; 6 By Diverse Paths: Developing Staff Developers; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1996, this book charts the philosophical landscape of staff development at a time when the subject of 'quality' in university teaching and learning was under examination. Graham Webb considers three main issues in his research. He focuses on what the basis for educational and staff development actually is and looks at the weaknesses of the then current practices, as well as deliberating over the future of informed staff development. This book will be of interest to staff developers of all kinds and more generally, to anyone concerned with education and human develo