Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2018

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2018) 37(1)

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0037.102

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

This chapter responds to the call for educational developers to isolate the one perspective that guides our work. It retraces the author’s career steps, seeking the origin of love as a guiding principle, and describes its evolution and application during her career. To do so, the piece includes a theoretical perspective on love and argues that its utility as a characterizing perspective for our profession stems from its significance to learning and justice. It suggests the timeliness and urgency of elevating the role of love in our field, notes associated risks and rewards, and suggests resources for doing so.

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