Reconceptualising academic work as professional practice: implications for academic development

Boud, D; Brew, A

Reconceptualising academic work as professional practice: implications for academic development

Boud, D

Brew, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal for Academic Development, 2013, 18 (3), pp. 208 - 221
Issue Date:: 2013-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Boud, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-2722	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brew, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal for Academic Development, 2013, 18 (3), pp. 208 - 221	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1360-144X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27414
dc.description.abstract	Despite increasing research and scholarship in the area of academic development in recent years, it remains an under-theorised field of endeavour. The paper proposes that academic developers take a view on what constitutes academic work and see it as a form of professional practice. It discusses the features of practice theory that illuminate professional practice and identifies three foci for the application of these ideas within academic development: practice development, fostering learning-conducive work and deliberately locating activity within practice. It also suggests that academic development be viewed as a practice and points to features within its own traditions on which to build. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal for Academic Development	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/1360144X.2012.671771	en_US
dc.title	Reconceptualising academic work as professional practice: implications for academic development	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	18	en_US
utslib.for	1303 Specialist Studies in Education	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	18	en_US

Abstract:

Despite increasing research and scholarship in the area of academic development in recent years, it remains an under-theorised field of endeavour. The paper proposes that academic developers take a view on what constitutes academic work and see it as a form of professional practice. It discusses the features of practice theory that illuminate professional practice and identifies three foci for the application of these ideas within academic development: practice development, fostering learning-conducive work and deliberately locating activity within practice. It also suggests that academic development be viewed as a practice and points to features within its own traditions on which to build. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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