1st Edition

Street-Level Bureaucracy in Instructional Design Perspectives on Professional Identity and Institutional Culture in Higher Education

By Nirupama Akella Copyright 2024
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the role and function of instructional designers in higher education, highlighting the real-world discrepancy between their actual contributions to organizational growth and the official job descriptions provided by universities. Investigating how higher education professionals navigate the daily conflict arising from this misalignment, it highlights a number of approaches... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Instructional Design: An Overview  3. Theory and Design  4. Instructional Designer Perceptions vs Official Job Descriptions  5. Street-Level Bureaucrats  6. Organizational Contribution  7. Conclusion and Implications

Biography

Nirupama Akella is an Instructional Designer at Texas A&M International University, US.