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"Caught between a rock and several hard places": cultivating the roles of the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and the Course Coordinator

Project Information

Year Funded:
2005
Grant (ex GST):
$224,819
Project Status:
Completed
Program:
Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Project Keywords:
Academic leadership, Curriculum leadership, Leadership in learning and teaching
Project Discipline:
Non-disciplinary

Institutions

  • Queensland University of Technology (Lead)
  • Charles Darwin University
  • The University of New South Wales

Project Leader

  1. Deborah Southwell
    Queensland University of Technology
    d [dot] southwell [at] qut [dot] edu [dot] au

Project Outcome

The aim of this project is to develop and implement a comprehensive Leadership Program for Assistant/Associate Deans (Learning and Teaching) in the development of learning and teaching strategy, policy and curriculum development in order to improve the educational experience of students at the participating institutions.

Project Methodology

The project will take a cascading, developmental, evaluation approach encompassing linear change (increased knowledge and skills of the individual participants), system change (working with participants to change functional relationships and impact in the organisation) and emergentchange (infusing energy into the system through Associate Deans and Course Coordinators whoare enthused about their role). As there has been little work or research done in this area, the project team will work with Associate Deans (T & L) and Course Coordinators to identify their needs and negotiate a program/strategies over which they will have strong ownership (initial work has commenced on this with an informal survey of challenges and suggested solutions conducted by team members). Members of the project team will be working in very different institutional contexts and will be focusing on making the program and strategies relevant to their local contexts while having a national, global perspective.

The information on this project's page was correct at the time of funding. Changes may have occurred since.

Resources

"Caught between a rock and several hard places": Cultivating the roles of the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and the Course Coordinator

Resource Information

Year Published:
2008
Author/s:
Dr Deborah Southwell, Deborah West, Michele Scoufis
Institutions:
Queensland University of Technology (Lead)
Charles Darwin University
The University of New South Wales

Publications

File Size
19.07 MB
6.24 MB

The information on this project's page was updated 11 May, 2009.