Growing and developing as a university researcher

dc.contributor.authorAkerlind, Gerlese L
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:14:31Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T07:30:27Z
dc.description.abstractWhile there is a substantial body of literature on academics' development as teachers, investigation of their development as researchers post-PhD is rare. This study undertook an investigation of academics' ways of understanding their own growth and development as a university researcher. Four qualitatively different ways of understanding research development emerged: (1) Becoming confident as a researcher; (2) Becoming recognised as a researcher; (3) Becoming more productive as a researcher; and (4) Becoming more sophisticated as a researcher. The first category of development was seen as most relevant to the early stages of an academic career, when doing a PhD or during one's first academic appointment, but may also re-occur at later stages of a career during changes in research direction, etc. The last three categories are seen as relevant to all career stages, including more advanced stages as well as the early stages of a research career. Comparisons between academics' ways of understanding their growth and development as a university researcher and as a university teacher are also presented.
dc.identifier.issn0018-1560
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/17467
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourceHigher Education
dc.subjectKeywords: Academic development; Conceptions; Phenomenography; Research development; Ways of understanding
dc.titleGrowing and developing as a university researcher
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage254
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage241
local.contributor.affiliationAkerlind, Gerlese L, Administrative Division, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu8101166@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidAkerlind, Gerlese L, u8101166
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor130103 - Higher Education
local.identifier.ariespublicationu8101166xPUB1
local.identifier.citationvolume55
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s10734-007-9052-x
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-38849199148
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu8101166
local.type.statusPublished Version

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