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Authenticity In Academic Development: The Myth Of Neutrality, Gail Rathbun, Nancy Turner Jul 2012

Authenticity In Academic Development: The Myth Of Neutrality, Gail Rathbun, Nancy Turner

Gail A. Rathbun

Academic developers are often positioned as intermediaries who wield value-neutral tools—language, models, and techniques—in service of decidedly non-neutral institutional goals. We challenge the value of perpetuating the ideal of the neutrality of academic developers and their tools by examining the ways in which our resources and approaches produce imbalances of control, power, and authority in a consulting relationship. We suggest that the values embedded within the practices of academic development lead developers, and the people they help, to act inauthentically. By recognizing the improbability of neutrality in academic development work, the authors seek to open the way to constructive reflection, …


Educational Policy And Professional Development Of Elementary Schools Teachers In The Province Of Sindh: A Proposed Incentive Package, Wasim Qazi Dec 2008

Educational Policy And Professional Development Of Elementary Schools Teachers In The Province Of Sindh: A Proposed Incentive Package, Wasim Qazi

Wasim Qazi

No abstract provided.


Efficacy Of Blended Learning Model: A Comparative Study In The Context Of Developing Countries, Wasim Qazi, C. Tik, K. Rawat, M. Rehman, S.B. Butool Nov 2008

Efficacy Of Blended Learning Model: A Comparative Study In The Context Of Developing Countries, Wasim Qazi, C. Tik, K. Rawat, M. Rehman, S.B. Butool

Wasim Qazi

No abstract provided.


Integration Of Technology In Education: A Pakistani Perspective, Wasim Qazi Dec 2006

Integration Of Technology In Education: A Pakistani Perspective, Wasim Qazi

Wasim Qazi

No abstract provided.