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To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

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Date of this Version

2000

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2000) 18; http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0018.015

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Present faculty development practice encourages new faculty to integrate teaching, research, and other aspects of academic work early in their careers. By drawing on both the cognitive and the developmental psychology literature, we propose integration as an advanced stage of adult development that comes about as a result of extensive experience and expertise. We argue that faculty should be advised to focus on either research or teaching at different times during their early years and that integration of professorial roles should only be expected at a later stage. We discuss the implications of such an approach for faculty development.

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