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Australian teaching and learning centres through the eyes of their directors : characteristics, capacities and constraints Palmer, Stuart, Holt, Dale and Challis, Di 2010, Australian teaching and learning centres through the eyes of their directors : characteristics, capacities and constraints, Journal of higher education policy and management, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 159-172. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-australianteaching-post-2010.pdf Author's post print application/pdf 398.34KB 8 Title Australian teaching and learning centres through the eyes of their directors : characteristics, capacities and constraints Author(s) Palmer, Stuart Holt, Dale Challis, Di Journal name Journal of higher education policy and management Volume number 32 Issue number 2 Start page 159 End page 172 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Abingdon, England Publication date 2010-04 ISSN 1360-080x 1469-9508 Keyword(s) academic development survey of directors teaching and learning centres Summary This paper is based on research to identify common factors that contribute to the effective strategic leadership of teaching and learning centres. The second of three phases of data collection involved a survey of Directors of Australian teaching and learning centres. The data collected were quantitatively analysed using a range of descriptive, parametric and non-parametric techniques. Based on a response rate of 81.6 percent, we present a contemporary, comprehensive and representative quantitative snapshot of Australian teaching and learning centres, as seen through the eyes of their Directors. The time since last restructure, incumbency of the current Director and total Directorship experience of the current Centre Director all have mean values of ‘sometime in the previous one to three years’. Most Centres would consider their work in the areas of ‘recognition and reward’ and ‘professional development of staff’ as high impact functions, and they would be pleased with their efforts in the former area, and wish to perform better on the latter. The principal constraint identified by Centres was ‘lack of staff time’, both in the Faculties and in the Centre, to engage in teaching and learning improvement activities. Overall, Centres feel well included in relevant university committees and other activities. Language eng Field of Research 130103 Higher Education Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2010 Related work DU:30022710 Copyright notice ©2010, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028441 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute of Teaching and Learning Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Link to Related Work Teaching and learning centres : towards maturation Journal Article (deposited 22-01-2010) Survey of Directors of Australian university teaching and learning centres Data Collection (deposited 08-02-2012) Australian teaching and learning centres through the eyes of their directors : characteristics, capacities and constraints Journal Article (deposited 23-04-2010)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 12:06:02 EST Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 13:14:35 EST Tue, 27 Apr 2010, 09:37:47 EST Tue, 27 Apr 2010, 09:38:40 EST Wed, 19 Oct 2011, 14:50:21 EST Wed, 19 Oct 2011, 14:52:31 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 14:07:16 EST Tue, 10 Dec 2013, 11:05:54 EST Tue, 10 Dec 2013, 11:06:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 711 Abstract Views, 13 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 12:05:58 EST by Stuart Palmer

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