Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2014

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2014) 33(2)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0033.202

Comments

Copyright 2014, the author. Open access

License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Educational development is a unique professional field in that it is not defined by content taught in a single degree that qualifies individuals to be in it. The resulting heterogeneity in newcomers’ knowledge and skills is addressed in different ways by different national networks. Since 1997, the POD Network has held a biennial Institute for New Faculty Developers, geared toward socializing new professionals into the field. An analysis of the evolution of the Institute, therefore, focused on understanding how educational development has represented itself to newcomers, can chronicle the trajectory of the field and generate conversations about its future.

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