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Informationen zum Autor Lorraine is Director of Academic Professional Development at the University of Dundee. Her main areas of research include academic identities and inter-disciplinary working. Lorraine is co-author with Peter Kahn for Developing your Teaching (Routledge, 2006). She is a Fellow of the RSA. Peter is Educational Developer at the University of Liverpool, where he co-directs the MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. His research interests now focus on applications of social theory in the study of higher education. He is a Fellowship holder of the Staff and Educational Development Association. Klappentext Collaborative working is increasingly becoming a key feature of academic life in Higher Education. Traditionally, university culture supported individual research and scholarship. Today, the academic role has shifted from a focus on the individual to a focus on the group or team. Collaborative Working in Higher Education takes the reader on a journey of examination, discussion, reflection and suggestions for developing practice via a broad overview of the key aspects of collaboration and collaborative working, informed by focused case studies and an international perspective provided by contributing authors. Zusammenfassung Takes the reader on a journey of examination, discussion, reflection and suggestions for developing practice via an overview of the key aspects of collaboration and collaborative working, informed by case studies and an international perspective provided by contributing authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Case Studies List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Ronald Barnett Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part I: Collaborative Working in Higher Education 1. Opening up Collaborative Working 2. Theoretical Perspectives: The Collaborative Cocktail 3. Establishing and Sustaining Collaborations Part II: Case Studies in Collaboration 4. Brokers of Collaboration 5. Crossing Boundaries in Collaboration 6. Proximity and Virtuality in Collaborative Research 7. Challenging Patterns of Practice through Collaborative Working Part III: Developing the Social Academy 8. Squaring the Circle: Round-Table Discussion on Collaborative Working 9. A Collaborative Future for the Academy Index ...
