Travelling academics: the lived experience of academics moving across countries

The article reports on a study that explored the personal narratives of two female travelling academics at a Swedish University who had moved from Australia. To complement previous accounts of difficult migration and enculturation within the research literature, this article focuses mainly on the successful experiences of the academics and how their own sense of agency allowed them to navigate the new educational context. The article identifies key factors that have enacted these achievements and contributes to the understanding of travelling academics and their needs as they move to new higher education contexts. In particular, the article contributes to the long-term migration to a non-English-speaking country (Sweden) by two academics who had previously studied and worked within an English-speaking university system (Australia). In conclusion, the article suggests ways pedagogy and policy can respond to support other international academics who choose to travel and work in another country, enhancing and ‘living’ internationalization within the global world.     

Cutting apart together: a diffracted spatial history of an online scholarly relationship

Drawing on the notion of cutting together-apart introduced by Karen Barad and combining it with Lefebvre’s notion of a flaneur (f. flâneuse) who moves between temporal, spatial and political relationships, this article performs a collaboration mediated by social media, namely blogging and tweeting. It draws on the notion of history, space, and social relationships to describe how two women met online. This collaboration as inquiry is about working together despite our differences – finding places to meet rather than diverge, and to dialogue rather than debate. Through a duo-ethnography of how this relationship worked and did not work, notions about how the digital world can act as a mediator for academic work are explored.     

当代美国高校教师薪酬制度的主要特点与启示

美国高校教师薪酬制度的主要特点是:以市场为主导,注重工作绩效,薪资总水平较高但个体差距悬殊,法制保障有力。这些薪酬制度在保证了高校吸引高层次人才的同时,也产生了许多问题。美国高校教育薪酬制度为我国提供了有益的借鉴和启示:基于绩效评价的市场调节应有限度,高校教师薪资应保持高水平的外部竞争力,个体薪酬差距不宜太大并须健全相关的法制体系。     

美国高校教师发展浅析——以密歇根大学学习和教学研究中心为案例

密歇根大学学习和教学研究中心是美国高校教师发展机构中的典型代表,中心在机构设置、目标、主要活动方面都形成了鲜明的特色,并在项目和服务上都有所创新,取得了良好的成效。     

论大学教师学术创新力的基础:学术合作能力

合作教学与研究已经成为当代大学学术创新的重要途径和方式,学术合作能力是大学教师创新力发展必不可少的基础能力之一。大学教师学术合作能力包括六个基本要素:学术组织能力、学术沟通能力、学术协调能力、学术分享能力、学术表达能力和学术评价能力。大学应重视教师学术合作能力的发展,积极创造各种条件和机会提升大学教师的学术合作能力。     

论大学教师学术创新力的基础:学术综合交叉能力

学术综合交叉能力是大学教师创新力的重要心理基础。本文从大学教师学术综合交叉能力的必要性、大学教师学术综合交叉能力的内涵以及大学教师学术综合交叉能力提高的策略三方面论述了大学教师创新力的重要基础。大学教师学术综合交叉能力的研究应该引起大学教师学术创新力研究领域的关注。     

Concentric collaboration: a model of leadership development for healthcare organizations

Drawing on their experience in a Midwest healthcare system, the authors propose a model of leadership development through action learning that embraces ‘concentric collaboration’ at its core. The present study suggests that the process of concentric collaboration can serve to strengthen the skills of the individual leader as well as foster collective leadership. Central to the model is the growth and development of the individual leader which extends outward to create connections with others, ultimately increasing the social capital necessary to effect organizational change. This work contributes to the leadership development literature by offering a comprehensive model that includes the process of individual growth as well as collective capacity, organizational factors that support or inhibit this process as well as implications for practice.     

地方综合性大学师资国际化的对策

在区域性经济发展、外向型经济的推动下,各地方综合性大学纷纷制定了国际化的发展战略。输送适应地方经济发展的创新型人才的目标对地方综合性大学的师资提出了更高的要求。为了达到这一目标,地方综合性大学的师资国际化发展变得刻不容缓。但地方综合性大学的师资国际化还存在诸多不足,需要地方政府、地方综合性大学以及教师齐心协力,共谋发展大计。     

The expert witness in child abuse and neglect: An interdisciplinary process

The legal system is an important part of a society's response to child abuse and child neglect. Courts need to be guided in their deliberations by experts from many different professions. Consultation and in-court expert testimony is necessary from medicine, psychology, psychiatry, social work and other professions both to prove child abuse and neglect and establish the power of the court to act on behalf of a child but also to guide the court in the intervention strategy most suited to the needs of the child and his family. Non-lawyers often feel uncomfortable in the legal setting. The adversary process is foreign to their training and professional experience. Collaboration with a lawyer greatly improves their effectiveness in court. Lawyers, on the other hand, need to make maximum use of medical and social-psychological experts in the court process in the interests of their clients; but to do so lawyers need a basic understanding of the other professions. With an emphasis on a process of mutual education, the paper presents a framework for collaboration between lawyers and expert witnesses in child abuse and neglect cases. “Expert witness” is defined; informal consultation is encouraged; suggestions for selecting a collaborator are made; initial contracts between lawyer and expert, case conferencing and preparation for trial are discussed; specific advice on direct and cross examination is provided.     

The case for democratic governance in Canada's community colleges

Although the tradition of bicameral governance is well established in Canada's universities, in no province do community colleges operate under a similar principle. In fact, there is no statutory role for college faculty in governance, either through a senate or a senate-like body. This article argues the case for greater democracy in the governance of colleges and, in doing so, analyzes the role of college governance. The conclusion reached is that, while more democratic and participatory governance may be argued on conceptual grounds, it would also improve morale, trust, and communication within the college sector.