196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

Mentorship of faculty, students and policy makers is at the core of academic development. This book explores several approaches to mentoring and the benefits of mentorship in higher education and in teaching and research. Mentoring is based on trust and care and building relationships and skills through affinity and empathy. However, mentoring practices in higher education are constantly... Read more

1. Transcending hierarchies: mentorship as reciprocal growth

Miriam Hansen, Suzanne Le-May Sheffield, Anna Santucci and Roeland van der Rijst

 

2. Mentorship for early career academics in a long-term problem- and project-based university academic development program in Denmark: views of subject and pedagogy mentors

Xiangyun Du, Juebei Chen, Nikolaj Stegeager, Trine Lindvig Thomsen, Aida Guerra, Patrik Kristoffer Kjærsdam Telléus and Line Bune Juhl

 

3. The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching

Nicola Reimann, Taha Rajab, Teti Dragas, Julie Rattray and Malcolm Murray

 

4. Students with disabilities mentoring staff: supporting scalable academic development for inclusive education

Mollie Dollinger and Lisa Hanna

 

5. Exploring mentors’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of mentoring in a constellation model

Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Jessie Moore

 

6. Supporting faculty scholarship through a peer writing group: a model and guide for success

Rachel Proffitt, Anna E. Boone, William E. Janes, Jamie B. Hall, Samantha Shea Lemoins and Winnie Dunn

 

7. Sustainable, affordable, and transferable approaches to experienced doctoral supervisor development

Jennie Golding

 

8. Group-based journal review: opportunities for researcher development and enjoyment

Eva Heinrich, Geof Hill, Jo-Anne Kelder and Michelle Picard

 

9. Serendipitous conversations: the 10-year journey in becoming SoTL scholars and educators

Andrea S. Webb and Ashley J. Welsh

 

10. A Programme for Women achieving Excellence in Research (PoWER): theoretically informed intervention design and evaluation

Judith Dyson, Chris Westoby, Tina Collins, Edlira Vakaj, Cindy Millman, Yemisi Akinbobola, James Skinner, Esther Windsor and Fiona Cowdell

 

11. A taught approach to personal tutoring

Gary Jones and Elizabeth Munro

 

12. Enhancing reflective practice: lessons learned and adjustments in scaffolding critical reflection in peer observation of teaching

Phuc Diem Le and Karen Benson

 

13. Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar

Agnes Bosanquet and Marina Harvey

 

14. Academics at work: mentoring in research, teaching, and service

Jane L. Fowler

 

15. Mentor perspectives on the place of undergraduate research mentoring in academic identity and career development: an analysis of award winning mentors

Eric E. Hall, Helen Walkington, Jenny Olin Shanahan, Elizabeth Ackley and Kearsley A. Stewart

 

 

 

Biography

Miriam Hansen is Associate Professor of Eucational Psychology and Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary College for University Teaching at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany. Her research interests include the role of culture, emotions, and motivation in higher education as well as teaching and learning with AI.

Suzanne Le-May Sheffield is the Director of the Centre for Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her research interests have included graduate student teaching development, educational developer well-being, and informal teaching and learning conversations.

Anna Santucci is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center of Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. Her interests include participatory art pedagogies, intercultural teaching and learning, and academic development for higher education transformation informed by principles of love, hope, equity, justice, co-creation, reflection, agency, and dialogue.

Roeland van der Rijst is Professor of Educational Sciences and the Director of Research at the Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON) at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on teaching and teacher learning in higher education. He received an honorary fellowship of the Leiden Teachers’ Academy for his teaching and is a board member of the Netherlands Research School for Educational Sciences.