Jones, Peter, and Galloway, Kate (2011) Curriculum scholars: embedding learning and teaching scholarship in first year academic identities. In: Conference Proceedings of the First Year In Higher Education Conference 2011. From: FYHE 2011: 14th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference: design for student success, 28 June - 1 July 2011, Fremantle, WA.

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Abstract

This session reports on an institutional innovation designed to enhance academic capacities for curriculum development, with a particular focus on the first year experience (FYE). The authors discuss the appointment of "Curriculum Scholars" in each of the faculties at James Cook University. This innovation can be seen as an example of third generation responses to the challenges of the first year in higher education (FYHE) (Kift, Nelson & Clarke, 2010). The session discusses the question of academic identity and the tension between a discipline-specific identity and identification with the scholarship of teaching and learning. The authors argue that this tension may have significant implications for the success of third generation approaches to the FYE. This tension is the focus of a multi-method research project being developed by the authors. The autoethnographical dimension of this project is described, inviting participants to reflect on their own journeys as academics engaged in learning and teaching.

Item ID:	19486
Item Type:	Conference Item (Abstract / Summary)
ISBN:	978-1-921897-04-7
Related URLs:	http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19487/
Additional Information:	The full paper arising from this conference is available in the Related URLs field. The publication is: Jones, Peter, and Galloway, Kate (2011) Curriculum scholars: embedding learning and teaching scholarship in first year academic identities. A practice report. International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2 (2). pp. 77-82.
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2012 00:17
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1607 Social Work > 160799 Social Work not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9303 Curriculum > 930399 Curriculum not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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