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Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers

Continuous professional development (CPD) is important for academics to improve the quality of their teaching and their students’ learning. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative case study on CPD support at a Malaysian private university. It reports the perceptions of institutional leader...

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Main Authors: Tumar, Annyza, Asimiran, Soaib, Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Ismail, Ismi Arif
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67039/1/inte2015-2.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.670392019-03-06T05:40:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67039/ Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers Tumar, Annyza Asimiran, Soaib Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Ismail, Ismi Arif Continuous professional development (CPD) is important for academics to improve the quality of their teaching and their students’ learning. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative case study on CPD support at a Malaysian private university. It reports the perceptions of institutional leaders and academics on existing CPD support and how such support can be increased. Data was derived from interviews and teaching observations while factual verification was obtained through document analysis. Findings indicated the institution was supportive of its academics’ CPD needs through top-down measures including policies and guidelines, and provision of different on-site CPD models. However, there were some gaps between areas of CPD needs and areas supported. One implication was that existing policy gap could be reduced through policy review and revision. Another implication was a need for academic heads to go beyond their role as policy implementers by identifying, initiating and supporting specific CPD needs at the departmental level. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67039/1/inte2015-2.pdf Tumar, Annyza and Asimiran, Soaib and Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Ismail, Ismi Arif (2015) Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers. In: 6th International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE 2015), 10-12 June 2015, Barcelona, Spain. (pp. 483-491).
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description Continuous professional development (CPD) is important for academics to improve the quality of their teaching and their students’ learning. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative case study on CPD support at a Malaysian private university. It reports the perceptions of institutional leaders and academics on existing CPD support and how such support can be increased. Data was derived from interviews and teaching observations while factual verification was obtained through document analysis. Findings indicated the institution was supportive of its academics’ CPD needs through top-down measures including policies and guidelines, and provision of different on-site CPD models. However, there were some gaps between areas of CPD needs and areas supported. One implication was that existing policy gap could be reduced through policy review and revision. Another implication was a need for academic heads to go beyond their role as policy implementers by identifying, initiating and supporting specific CPD needs at the departmental level.
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author Tumar, Annyza
Asimiran, Soaib
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Ismail, Ismi Arif
spellingShingle Tumar, Annyza
Asimiran, Soaib
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Ismail, Ismi Arif
Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
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Asimiran, Soaib
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Ismail, Ismi Arif
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title Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
title_short Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
title_full Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
title_fullStr Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
title_full_unstemmed Sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
title_sort sustaining continuous professional development for quality teaching and learning in higher education: the role of policy and policy implementers
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