ProjectProject

Closing the Gap in Curriculum Development Leadership

Project Information

Year Funded:
2006
Grant (ex GST):
$183,509
Project Status:
Ongoing
Program:
Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Project Keywords:
Conveners, Curriculum, Institution, Leadership in learning and teaching, Majors, Staff development, Workload
Project Discipline:
Non-disciplinary

Institutions

  • The University of Queensland (Lead)

Project Leader

  1. Dr Frederick D'Agostino
    The University of Queensland
    f [dot] dagostino [at] uq [dot] edu [dot] au

Project Outcome

The project is to design systems, including staff development programs, to enhance leadership skills for conveners of majors and program directors, especially in relation to curriculum development, evaluation, and assessment, and in supporting students, organizing fellow staff, and aligning learning and teaching in the majors with institutional strategies.

Project Methodology

To achieve this outcome, the project will deliver:

  1. an integrated staff development program targeting leadership capacities for curriculum development and management;
  2. changes to University staff policies and procedures to ensure appropriate recognition, remuneration, and resourcing of middle-level academic leaders;
  3. a set of incentives for members of the targeted cohort to participate in this program and in its development;
  4. a dissemination plan;
  5. evaluation measures; and
  6. scholarly contributions to the literature on academic leadership in higher education.

This project will directly address a gap in educational leadership knowledge, which is currently deficient in relation to the higher education sector by:
  1. drawing on existing research and theory of educational leadership;
  2. developing evidence-based strategies for identifying and documenting the attributes, knowledge, skills, processes and abilities required of academic educational leaders; and
  3. designing and implementing a professional development program for up skilling existing academic managers in relation to educational leadership and curriculum development skills.

 

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

The information on this project's page was updated 24 March, 2009.

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