150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

Trust matters in higher education, yet it is often taken for granted. This book shows how trust—between students and teachers, faculty and academic developers, or individuals and institutions—shapes the ways we teach, learn, and work together. Drawing on fresh research and first-hand accounts from across the world, this book reveals that trust is not static but a dynamic, reciprocal process. It... Read more

1. Trust-building as inherent to academic development practice

Gabriela Pleschová, Kathryn A. Sutherland, Peter Felten, Rachel Forsyth and Mary C. Wright

 

2. Academic development, trust, and the state of the profession

Mary Wilson and Celia Popovic

 

3. The role of the academic developer as broker in building trust

Laura Lohman

 

4. ‘You almost feel like you’ve got a friend, somebody who’s backing you up’: Exploring the building blocks of trust within a relational pedagogy approach to academic development

Lisa McDonagh and Emma C. Sanders

 

5. Scaffolding trust to advance inclusive teaching through UDL: A model for academic development

Kathleen Clarke, Holly Gibbs, Allison McDonald, Jeanette Parsons and Marybeth White

 

6. Trust and ethos in academic development: Credibility, identity, and value

A. M. Lee and K. Ragupathi

 

7. Facilitating conversations about race: Staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project

Claire Hamshire and Rachel Forsyth

 

8. Trust and trustworthiness in pedagogical competence development programs: Tensions between systemic contexts and interpersonal relationships

Espen Hektoen

 

9. Engineering students trust teachers who ask, listen, and respond

Mirjam S. Glessmer, Peter Persson and Rachel Forsyth

 

10. Reflections on building trust with groups engaged in curriculum review

Jaclyn Carter, Patti Dyjur and Kimberley A. Grant

 

11. Value of taught academic development programmes: Building trust?

Eli Rudinow Saetnan

 

12. How academic developers build trust in their work with other academics: The importance of cultivating a robust knowledge base

Yoko Mori

 

13. Practicing trust between academic developers and faculty for equitable assessments: A reflection on practice

Robin Sutherland-Harris, Ameera Ali and Eliana Elkhoury

Biography

Gabriela Pleschová leads the Centre for Scholarship and Teaching in the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia, where she serves as an associate professor in the Department of Pedagogical Sciences.

Kathryn A. Sutherland is an academic developer in the Centre for Academic Development at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Peter Felten is Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning, and Professor of History at Elon University, USA.

Rachel Forsyth is a senior educational developer at Lund University, Sweden.

Mary C. Wright is Professor of Education Scholarship at the Office of Educational Innovation, DVC (Education), University of Sydney, Australia.