Conference presentation
We hear you: Acknowledging academics emotional response to educational change
SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 08/11/2022 - 10/11/2022)
09/11/2022
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Abstract
During the implementation of a new educational model, Southern Cross University explicitly asked academics to adapt to new educational strategies and approaches. Such learning involves change, and in this, the human condition cannot be ignored. One cannot forcefully compel people to change (Fullan, 1993), but it is judicious to consider the conditions that support adjustment to that change. Engagement in professional learning is inherent to academic career development and enhances emotional wellbeing, and this, in turn, enhances teaching quality and student outcomes (Hascher & Weber, 2021). ?Learning is in essence an uncertain process and can involve discomfort (Twyford & LeFevre, 2019). In addition, personal dilemmas may coexist as academics attempt to reconcile personal beliefs regarding teaching, with a promoted approach that is different to their accepted norms (Saroyan & Trigwell, 2015). Mezirow s (1991) concept of transformative adult learning emphasises rationality. O Sullivan (2012) places rationality on a co-equal footing with movement and emotion, involving ...a deep, structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feelings, and actions .
Details
- Title
- We hear you: Acknowledging academics emotional response to educational change
- Creators
- Mieke Witsel - Southern Cross UniversityShelley Barfoot - Southern Cross UniversityLachlan Forsyth - Southern Cross UniversityChris King - Southern Cross UniversityTim Magoffin - Southern Cross UniversityMichelle Metanoia - Southern Cross UniversityTina van Eyk - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 08/11/2022 - 10/11/2022)
- Identifiers
- 991013135810402368
- Academic Unit
- SCU College; Centre for Teaching and Learning; Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT