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‘Who do you talk to about your teaching?’: networking activities among university teachers

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Pataraia, Nino Falconer, Isobel Margaryan, Anoush Littlejohn, Allison Fincher, Sally
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	As the higher education environment changes, there are calls for university teachers to change and enhance their teaching practices to match. Networking practices are known to be deeply implicated in studies of change and diffusion of innovation, yet academics’ networking activities in relation to teaching have been little studied. This paper extends the current limited understanding, building on Roxa and Martensson’s work (2009) and extending it from Sweden to the UK and USA. It is based on two separate studies, one from the Share Project led by the University of Kent, and one from Glasgow Caledonian University, exploring the composition of personal networks, and the characteristics of interactions in order to understand the networking practices which may support change of teaching practice. We conclude that academics’ personal teaching networks are mainly discipline-specific and strongly localised. This contrasts with the research networks found by Becher and Trowler (2001) and may reduce innovation, although about half the respondents also had external contacts that might support creativity.
Starting Page	4
Ending Page	14
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.14786/flr.v2i2.89
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://gcu.elsevierpure.com/ws/portalfiles/portal/23860669/PataraiaEtAl_FLR2014.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://journals.sfu.ca/flr/flr/index.php/journal/article/download/89/138
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://oro.open.ac.uk/51291/1/89-741-1-PB.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1090942.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.14786/flr.v2i2.89
Volume Number	2
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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