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A categorisation of models of staff development in higher education
Author(s) -
Smith George
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1992.tb00308.x
Subject(s) - decentralization , orientation (vector space) , eclecticism , general partnership , macro , process (computing) , higher education , process management , business , computer science , political science , economics , economic growth , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , theology , finance , law , programming language , operating system
The author reviews models of staff development in higher education. Micro models of staff development practice are distinguished and evaluated. He categorises models into product‐orientation, prescription‐orientation, process‐orientation, problem‐orientation and eclecticism and commends the latter model. He identifies three macro models of staff development responsibility: ‘management’, ‘shopfloor’ and ‘partnership’, and a variation of the latter, ‘decentralisation’. Of the various micro‐macro combinations which are possible, eclectic decentralisation is commended to higher education institutions for the advantages that it offers.