ABSTRACT

The programme leader is crucial to the success of a higher education provider’s educational portfolio. However, programme leader development is under-researched and is too often conceptualised in a negative way, as the solution to a problem. Here we adopt a positive approach by undertaking an Appreciative Inquiry with programme leaders to understand their development needs. Our work identifies domains of reward and responsibility intrinsic to the programme leader role. Mapping these against a Competence-Based Higher Education Framework, we propose a holistic model for the academic development of programme leaders. We encourage others to adapt this model to their institutional contexts.

摘要

项目负责人对于高等教育提供者的教育组合的成功至关重要。然而，项目负责人的发展研究不足，并且经常以消极的方式被概念化为解决问题的方法。在这里，我们采取积极的方法，对项目负责人进行赞赏式调查，以了解他们的发展需求。我们的工作确定了项目负责人角色固有的奖励和责任领域。将这些映射到基于能力的高等教育框架中，我们提出了一个项目负责人学术发展的整体模型。我们鼓励其他人根据他们的机构环境调整此模型。