Developing effective part-time teachers in higher education : new approaches to professional development / edited by Fran Beaton and Amanda Gilbert.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: the expansion of part-time teaching in higher education and its consequences / Amanda Gilbert -- Section I. Context: an overview of the nature and motivation of part-time teachers -- 2. Supporting part-time and other teaching staff: who are they and why are they important? / Bland Tomkinson -- 3. Determining the support needs of casual academic staff at the frontline / Bruce D'Arcy -- Section II. Policy and practice -- 4. Policy and practice to support part-time teachers at scale: the experience of the UK's Open University / Anne Gaskell -- 5. What makes a really good support programme for part-time lecturers in higher education? / Anne Lee -- 6. Students who teach: developing scholarly tutors / Kathryn Sutherland -- 7. How do we know it works? Developing and evaluating a professional development programme for part-time teachers / Patricia Kelly -- 8. Welcome on board: designing support interventions to meet the real needs of new part-time lecturers / Louise Wilson -- 9. Tutoring online: practices and developmental needs of part-time/casual staff / Neal Sumner -- 10. All take and no give? Responding to the support and development needs of women in casual academic roles / Karen Starr -- Section III. Implications and future directions -- 11. Building sustainable frameworks for the engagement and development of casual teaching staff: an Australian perspective / Jennifer Gilmore -- 12. Academic leadership: strategies for building effective teams of all staff / Shan Wareing -- 13. Future directions in professional development: implications for individuals and organisations / Fran Beaton.

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