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Vorster, Jo-Anne, and Lynn Quinn. "Re-framing academic staff development." Sense Publishers Rotterdam, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/66535.
Full textGlobally higher education is situated in a supercomplex world (Barnett, 2000) that is constantly in a state of flux and subject to multiple pressures. This situation has been exacerbated in South African higher education that has been characterised by student protests in the last two years (2015–2016). One of the major causes for the recents protests, particularly in our institutional context, has been students’ anger that despite the official demise of apartheid and the end of colonial rule, some universities in South Africa are still attempting to be copies of Oxford and Harvard.
Al-Farsi, Fawziya Nasser Juma. "Omanisation and staff development of academic staff in Sultan Qaboos University." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359553.
Full textPatrick, Helen. "Academic staff in university departments of education." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35660.
Full textSunida, Siripak Pantipar Tingsabhat. "Job satisfaction of academic staff in Mahidol University /." Abstract, 2006. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2549/cd395/4737489.pdf.
Full textKerr, Cheryl. "Re-generating the praxis of academic staff development." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40897/1/Cheryl_Kerr_Thesis.pdf.
Full textMcPherson-Crowie, Tatum. "On the nexus of academic libraries, literacies, and lifelong learning for academic staff." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2015. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/6c7f32e7eb8cc1fb6462391882a959c2ef7017040eb99137fcd7c0e7df7c3286/5120177/201502_Thesis_McPherson_Crowie_2015_signed.pdf.
Full textAl-Abbasi, Mustafa M. "Academics' knowledge and use of electronic information resources (EIR) at the University of Bahrain." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7898.
Full textClayton, Peter, and n/a. "User involvement in academic library strategic planning: congruence amongst students, academic staff and libary staff at the Canberra College of Advanced Education." University of Canberra. Library and Information Studies, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050627.142122.
Full textChoudhri, S. U. R. "Planning and management of academic staff in Nigerian universities." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328359.
Full textMurphy, Jennifer. "Managing professional development of academic staff to enhance university performance." Thesis, University of Bath, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687301.
Full textBooth, Lois C. "Ageing of academic staff in Australian universities: Mind the gap." Thesis, Booth, Lois C. (2007) Ageing of academic staff in Australian universities: Mind the gap. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/32857/.
Full textElzawi, Abdussalam. "Attitudes of academic staff and students towards Internet usage for academic purposes in Alzawia University, Libya." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34539/.
Full textLanford, Michael Adam. "Academic staff perspectives on comprehensive higher education reform in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48367539.
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Barkhuizen, Emmerentia Nicolene. "Burnout of academic staff in a higher education institution / Nicolene Barkhuizen." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/260.
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Zhou, Jun. "A study of academic staff development in Chinese higher education institutions." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417267.
Full textNassar, M. "Exploring the relation between postgraduate student satisfaction and academic staff satisfaction." Thesis, University of Salford, 2016. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/40692/.
Full textCronje, Standford Ebraim. "An individualized performance appraisal system for academic staff at Peninsula Technikon." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52111.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Higher education depends heavily on government funding, yet the tendency in both industrial and developing countries is one towards a decrease in budget allocation for the maintenance or improvement of higher education. At the same time institutions of higher learning are increasingly required to give account of that performance. Higher Education institutions will have to explore avenues of raising revenue other than government funding. Decisions with regard to promotion and salary increases, which form a substantial part of the expenditure on the institutional budget, must therefore be based on justifiable grounds if these institutions are to remain viable. It is for this reason that performance appraisal of academic staff assumes increasing significance. This study addresses the aspect of introducing an individualised performance appraisal system for academic staff. The research is in the format of a literature review of performance appraisal in higher education followed by a questionnaire survey and interviews among academic staff at an institution of higher learning. The questionnaire survey and interviews prove that performance appraisal for academic staff is necessary. According to the interviews there is, however, not substantive support for an individualised performance appraisal system for academic staff. In view of the support for performance appraisal elicited by the questionnaire survey, however, the research recommends that an individualised performance appraisal system be introduced for academic staff on an experimental basis, and that the research goal be subjected to further research in a more extensive manner by taking a bigger sample and employing different research methods.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die hedendaagse tendens in hoër onderwys dui op 'n vermindering van finansiële ondersteuning deur die owerheid aan instellings vir hoër onderwys, ten spyte daarvan dat sodanige instellings hoofsaaklik aangewese is op die owerheid vir befondsing vir die handhawing, of selfs verbetering, van hoër onderwys. Terselfdertyd word daar groter verantwoording van instellings vir hoër onderwys vereis. Instellings van hoër onderwys sal ernstige oorweging daaraan moet skenk om ander inkomstebronne as staatsbefondsing te bekom, ten einde die befondsing deur die owerheid aan te vul. Bevordering en salarisverhogings vorm 'n groot deel van die uitgawes op die begroting van die instelling. Besluite in hierdie verband behoort derhalwe geneem te word op gesonde grondslae. Dit is om hierdie rede dat prestasieboordeling van doserende personeel toenemende belangrikheid aanneem. Hierdie navorsmg fokus _ op die instelling van 'n geïndividualiseerde prestasiebeoordelingstelsel vir doserende personeel. Die navorsing is in die formaat van 'n literatuurstudie van prestasiebeoordeling in hoër onderwys, gevolg deur 'n vraelysondersoek en onderhoude met doserende personeel by 'n instelling vir hoër onderwys. Die vraelysondersoek en onderhoude bewys dat prestasiebeoordeling van doserende personeel wel nodig is. Daar is egter, volgens die onderhoude, onvoldoende steun vir 'n geïndividualiseerde stelsel van prestasiebeoordeling vir doserende personeel. In die lig van die ondersteuning vir prestasiebeoordeling soos blyk uit die vraelysondersoek, beveel die navorsing aan die instelling van 'n geïndividualiseerde prestasiebeoordelingstelsel vir doserende personeel op 'n proefbasis, en dat meer intensiewe navorsing ten opsigte van die navorsingsdoelwit gedoen word deur 'n groter steekproef te neem en verskillende navorsingsmetodes te gebruik.
Elferjani, M. "Development of training programmes provided for academic staff of Libyan universities." Thesis, University of Salford, 2015. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/34878/.
Full textNwokeocha, Stella-Maria. "Academic staff working conditions, organizational commitment and performance of Nigerian universities." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2015. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/552644/.
Full textVorster, Jo-Anne, and Lynn Quinn. "The ‘decolonial turn’: what does it mean for academic staff development?" University of Johannesburg and Unisa Press, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/66612.
Full textIt has become increasingly evident that the discourse of transformation that has shaped the democratising of higher education institutions over the first two decades of the democratic dispensation in South Africa has now run its course. Over the past few years, and particularly during the tumultuous student protests of 2015 and 2016, students and some academics have been calling for the decolonisation of university structures and cultures, including curricula. Using concepts from Margaret Archer’s social realism we consider the failure of the discourse of transformation to lead to real change and examine a constellation of new discourses related to the decolonisation of universities that have emerged in South Africa recently. Furthermore, we critique the discourses that have underpinned our own practices as academic developers over the past two decades and then explore the implications of what could be termed a ‘decolonial turn’ 1 for academic developers and by implication for the academics with whom they work.
Mokoditoa, Jocelyn Molly. "Academic staff recruitment and retention strategies at the University of Limpopo." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/393.
Full textThe paper examines the causes of the high turn-over rate and the non-retention of the academic staff at the University, and come up with possible solutions to curb the problem. The study addresses the factors that affect the academic staff recruitment and retention strategies. The paper further address identification of factors contributing to the high turnover rate of the academic staff at the University of Limpopo, analyze causes of the problems, work on the feedback obtained from interviewees, and make recommendations that will enable the University to come up with possible and implementable strategies for the recruitment and retention of the academic staff. This was evident by the results of the study through the literature review and the interviews held that academic staff recruitment and retention is a problem. It is therefore advisable for the University to take note of the results of this study, and that there should be a turn-around strategy that could be implemented and monitored. The Human Resource department should have a database that tracks the career path of all academic staff, and notify all appointees who are coming up for tenure. This notice could go out at the start of the last but one year before the appointees become eligible for appointment with tenure. The university must develop a culture of reasonable, clearly articulated, and enforced deadlines for processing applications for promotion. Human Resources department have a role to play in the promotion process as well. Access to information about the promotion process can be enhanced by revamping the websites for some of the institutions which are not really helpful in this respect. Relevant documents (e.g., conditions of service, appointment and promotion guidelines, benefits) can then be made accessible via institutional websites in a very organized manner than is currently the case in many universities
Goode, Heather A. "Using the Herrmann whole brain® model for mentoring academic staff." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45935.
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Stephen, David Ferguson. "Academic staff perceptions and the identification of critical success factors in a merger of two academic institutions." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5267.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this investigation is two-fold: to ascertain the perceptions and reactions of academic staff to a merger, and its impact on them; and secondly, to identify factors which are critical to merger success. Although the two institutions had agreed on some form of closer relationship, the process was accelerated by a decision by the Department of Education to use mergers as a means of initiating change in South Africa’s post-school education system. Despite many superficial similarities, the two institutions were dissimilar. Only operational and financial factors were considered. The human factors were ignored. This was critical as the two institutions were totally different with regards to organisational culture and academic standards. The resulting clash in these areas proved to be a major stumbling block to the success of the merger. Technikon A, regarded as the institution of choice, had been subjected to a variety of rapid environmental changes in the few years immediately prior to the merger. These changes had sapped staff morale. In addition, significant financial mismanagement had almost crippled the institution. While the staff of neither institution was in favour of the merger, and both staff associations approached the Department of Education to stop it, the merger went ahead. However, the staff association of Technikon B publicly and vociferously opposed the merger, based on their fears that Technikon A’s incompetent management and weak financial position would impact negatively on them. Instead of integrating “best practice” systems, the weak Technikon A management allowed Technikon B to “make the running” and introduce only their systems into the merger. In effect, this turned the merger into a hostile take-over and allowed for the total deculturation of Technikon A. The perceptions of a sample of Technikon A academic staff were canvassed, both pre- and post-merger. The pre-merger predictions were accurate and there was almost unanimous consent as to the outcomes of the post-merger environment. Comparisons were made with other academic mergers in South Africa and overseas – notably Australia – and parallels drawn with the merger in question. In all cases, the perceptions of staff were very similar. From the literature, a list of critical merger success factors was compiled, against which the present merger was compared. Given that this merger failed to successfully address almost all of the success criteria, the merger must, therefore, be regarded as a complete failure.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie ondersoek is tweeledig. Dit behels die bepaling van reaksies en persepsies van akademiese personeel wie ten nouste deur ‘n samesmelting geraak is, asook ‘n studie van die kritiese prosessuele aspekte wat ‘n rol speel en in ag geneem behoort te word ten einde so ‘n instelling suksesvol te laat verloop. Die instellings waarna verwys word, word in hierdie studie aangedui as synde Technikon A en Technikon B. Alhoewel die twee instellings waarna verwys word in hierdie studie aanvanklik ‘n samewerking ooreenkoms wou sluit, is hulle gedwing deur die Departement van Hoër Onderwys om ‘n formele samesmelting te onderneem ter bespoediging van die regering se gestelde transformasie beleid in hoër onderwys. Ten spyte van oppervlakkige ooreenkomste het die twee inrigtings oor baie andersoortige unieke eienskappe beskik. Dit wil voorkom asof operasionele en finansiële faktore hoofsaaklik die hoofoorwegings by die samesmelting was en dat menslike faktore buite rekening gelaat is. Dit wil blyk ‘n kritiese fout te gewees het, omdat die twee instellings verskil het ten opsigte van hul organisasie-kultuur en akademiese standaarde. Technikon A is alreeds voor die formele samesmelting aan struktuur veranderinge onderwerp en was ook geraak deur wanbestuur wat ‘n baie nadelige impak op die moraal van die personeel gelaat het. Die personeel verenigings van beide inrigtings was gekant teen die samesmelting en veral die personeel van Technikon B het hewig beswaar daarteen gemaak. Hierdie teenstand is skynbaar geignoreer en daar is voortgegaan met die proses. Technikon A het ‘n totale dekulturasie proses moes ondergaan en moes aanlyn kom met die bestuur en styl van Technikon B wie se standaarde hulle as minderwaardig beskou het. Ten einde die proses te bestudeer is daar in hierdie navorsing gebruik gemaak van die metode van deelnemende-navorsing tegnieke (“participant observation techniques”). Onderhoude is gevoer met studente en personeel voor en na die proses; dokumente en verslae, asook media berigte is bestudeer en word aangehaal as bewyse. Vergelykings word getref met soortgelyke samesmeltings in Australië wat baie ooreenkomste toon met die in Suid Afrika. Die praktiese studie tesame met die literatuuroorsig dui onomwonde aan dat die samesmelting wat in hiedie studie in oënskou geneem is. gemeet aan die hand van krities belangrike prosessuele faktore, as ‘n mislukking beskou moet word.
Mmako, M., and C. Schultz. "An employee engagement framework for technical vocational education and training colleges in South Africa." South African Journal of Education, 2016. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1002013.
Full textFazaeli, Ahmad, of Western Sydney Nepean University, and Faculty of Education. "Academic culture, attitudes and values of leaders, and students' satisfaction with academic culture in Australia's universities." THESIS_FE_XXX_FAZAELI_A.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/126.
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Kane, Kevin Lee. "University academic professional staff augmenting traditional faculty teaching, advising, and research roles /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
Find full textLuker, Patricia. "Academic staff development in universities with specific reference to small group teaching." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1989. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11724/.
Full textDarabi, Mitra. "Character strength and stress management in academic staff : a positive psychology perspective." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2013. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20654/.
Full textIslam, N. "Managing interactions in the e-learning environment : technological support for academic staff." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2015. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20168/.
Full textScheepers, Hannelie. "Mentoring academic staff at a higher education institution : a whole brain approach." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40392.
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Woo, Mei-wa Esther. "Comparative study of the staff development in academic libraries of Mainland China and Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31512355.
Full textHowell, Gordon William, and res cand@acu edu au. "The Experience of University Academic Staff In their Use of Information Communications Technology." Australian Catholic University. School of Educational Leadership, 2007. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp164.10072008.
Full textDu, Plooy M. J., and A. H. Snyman. "Academic staff recruitment and retention at the Technikon Free State : issues and recommendations." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 3, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/443.
Full textThe recruitment and retention of academic staff members is emerging as one of the biggest challenges facing all higher education institutions, including the Technikon Free State (TFS). The TFS is also faced with statutory requirements to increase the equity numbers at the institution. The aim of this article is to examine the academic staff problem at the TFS by means of a SWOT analysis and questionnaires, sent to all academic staff. The SWOT analysis was used to determine the current situation at the TFS, while the questionnaires provided valuable information in driving and restraining forces in managing academic staff issues. The article is concluded with a list of recommendations that could assist management in the process of human resource planning.
Howell, Gordon William. "The experience of university academic staff in their use of information communications technology." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2007. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/cb175bb01b854e4a993d3267f31d3e81c9cb7b6d80599f0ea3524056f8b7b55c/3486832/64922_downloaded_stream_147.pdf.
Full textWoo, Mei Wa Esther. "Comparative study of staff development in academic libraries of Mainland China and Hong Kong." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106029.
Full textDe, Maio Carmela. "The perceptions of academic staff of academic integrity policies and procedures and their responses to student plagiarism in Australian universities." Thesis, Curtin University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1929.
Full textPradere, Steven. "Effective staff development connected to increased student achievement." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3258839.
Full textEvans, Paul. "A multimedia system to instruct novice users of online library catalogues." View thesis, 1996. http://library.nepean.uws.edu.au/about/staff/thesis.html.
Full textKayitankore, Bernard Narcisse. "Foreign training of academic staff and capacity building in higher education institutions in Rwanda." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8864_1182227521.
Full textDuring the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, not only physical assets were eroded but more importantly, human capital were destroyed and left the country living hardly on qualified personnel at almost all levels of the economy to play a meaningful development role. While capacity building is needed in many sectors of the economy, it is especially important in the education sector. This study focuses on one particular issue namely to what extent sending academic staff for training in foreign countries can effectively contribute to capacity building in Rwandan higher education institutions (HEI). Various options exist to improve a strategy to build capacities in higher education institutions
amongst others is the training of human resource which is the most important of all.
In order to investigate the above, both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Techniques such as documentation, semi-structured interview, questionnaire and direct observation were also used in order to reach the research objectives. With regard to the main question of this study, findings reveal that funding academic staff for foreign training is believed to effectively contribute to capacity building in Rwandan higher education. As respondents explain, academic staff sent for training in foreign countries acquires new knowledge that is needed to build the country. This gained knowledge is spread all over the country through teaching at universities where most sectors of the country find their human resources. Being open minded, trained academic staff will be able to update his knowledge and therefore train in turn his students accordingly. However, findings inform also that Rwandan HEI are faced with multiple problems amongst others the problem of defining the real institutional needs for appropriate training. In this regard, findings suggest that for the training to be effective in Rwandan HEI there is a need of putting in place appropriate mechanisms and assessing institutional needs before training a person and training according to those specific needs in order to help the process of capacity building being more effective.
Barkhuizen, Emmerentia Nicolene. "Work wellness of academic staff in South African higher education institutions / Emmerentia Nicolene Barkhuizen." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/713.
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Jordaan, Gertruida Magrietha Elizabeth. "Work engagement of academic staff in higher education institutions in South Africa / Girtie Jordaan." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/800.
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Al, Abry Salim. "Transnational higher education in selected private colleges in Oman : academic staff perceptions and experiences." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/21006/.
Full textGossmann, Carol. "Comparing academic staff and students' perceptions of the purpose of assessment in higher education." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11132008-120534/.
Full textKuuyelleh, Esmond Naalu. "An Examination of Academic Staff Conditions of Employment and Turnover in Ghanaian Technical Universities." Thesis, Curtin University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79931.
Full textAl-Saadi, Khalifa Hamad. "The roots of satisfaction : the case of Sultan Qaboos University; a new university in a developing country." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319180.
Full textMetcalfe, Anthea Gail. "A response to employment equity policy in a South African University: A case study of an academic mentoring programme." University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7862.
Full textThis study investigates the factors that conditioned the establishment of, and responses to, a centrally coordinated, institution wide change initiative aimed at promoting equity in the academic workplace in an historically white South African university. It is examined by presenting two kinds of analyses, firstly, an institutional analysis that explores the environmental and managerial conditionalities that influenced the reception, interpretation and responses to the national policy framework. Secondly, a bottom-up analysis that explores the distinctive disciplinary contexts that conditioned the responses of the participants. The study reveals that top-down approaches to managing change have limited capacity to influence the nature and pace of change on the ground, despite the best intentions of institutional managers. The study illustrates that the distinctive disciplinary context conditioned the responses to, and outcomes of the change initiative. In this study, the authority of the academic project powerfully trumps the legitimacy and credibility of the institutional transformation initiative.
Lam, Chau Diem. "Academic staff recruitment and development in private universities in Vietnam : in comparison with public universities." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11003/.
Full textWoo, Mei-wa Esther, and 胡美華. "Comparative study of the staff development in academic libraries of Mainland China and Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31512355.
Full textJoubert, Pierre André. "Sexual harassment of academic staff at higher education institutions in South Africa / Pierre André Joubert." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4765.
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Essack, Shaheeda. "Towards academic staff development in the faculty of arts at the University of Durban-Westville." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52036.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate .the need for a staff development programme for academics in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Durban-Westville. This thesis has five chapters. Chapter One is the introductory chapter and examines the nature of the study in relation to the aims of the study, sub-problems, various definitions of staff development and formulates a hypothesis. The hypothesis states that: "There is a definite need for an academic staff development programme in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Durban-Westville." This hypothesis is then followed by a motivation and rationale of the study followed by a discussion of background studies on staff development. The limitations, strengths and scope of the study are presented followed by some preliminary considerations. Chapter Two provides an in-depth examination of staff development. It begins with a critical discussion of the various philosophies that underpin staff development practices. These philosophies include positivism, hermeneutics and the political nature of staff development. This is followed by a discussion on the goals of higher education and its link to staff development. Special reference is made to the South African context, quality assurance in South African universities and staff development programmes at the Historically Black Universities. Thereafter, an in-depth discussion of the link between teaching and learning is presented. This is accomplished by referring to theories of teaching and learning in higher education. Once this is completed, the entire spectrum of staff development activities is presented. This discussion begins with a description of the various competencies of the lecturer followed by a presentation of two models on staff development. The following staff development practices are then discussed in detail: induction programmes, seminars and workshops, reflective teaching and self-directed practice, mentoring, consultation, personal growth contracts, the cascades method and micro-teaching. This discussion is consolidated by presenting the case of the University of Durban- Westvi11e and motivating for the need for academic staff development in the Faculty of Arts. Chapter Three presents the research design and methodology - it outlines the steps undertaken in the current study. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of research were utilized. The primary means of collecting data was the survey which included the dissemination of questionnaires to both third year students and lecturers in the Faculty of Arts. Students were selected from the population of third year students in the Faculty of Arts. A proportional stratified randomized sampling procedure was applied to both the population of staff and students. Chapter Four presents the analysis of the data in a systematic way. The student questionnaire is analyzed followed by an analysis of the staff questionnaire. These results are presented in table form, followed by a discussion. There are 38 tables in this chapter. Chapter Five is the final chapter that presents the conclusions drawn from the study and provides recommendations for the establishment of a staff development programme.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om die behoefte te bepaal vir 'n personeelontwikkelingsprogram vir akademici in die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe aan die Universiteit van Durban-Westville. Hoofstuk Een is die inleidende hoofstuk en ondersoek die aard van die navorsing in verhouding tot die doelwitte daarvan, subprobleme, verskeie definisies van personeelontwikkeling, en formuleer 'n hipotese. Die hipotese stel dit so: ''Daar is 'n besliste behoefte aan 'n personeelontwikke1ingsprogram in die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe aan die Universiteit van Durban-Westville." Hierdie hipotese word dan gevolg deur 'n motivering en 'n grondrede vir die navorsing. 'n Bespreking van die agtergrondstudies oor personeelontwikkeling volg daarop. Die beperkinge, sterk punte en omvang van die navorsing word dan voorge1e. Daarna volg 'n paar inleidende beskouinge. Hoofstuk twee bied 'n diepgaande ondersoek na personeelontwikkeling. Dit begin met 'n kritiese bespreking van die verskillende filosofiee wat onderliggende is aan personeelontwikkelingspraktyke. Hierdie filosofieë sluit positivisme, hermeneutiek en die politieke aard van personeelontwikkeling in. Dit word gevolg deur 'n bespreking van die doelwitte van hoër onderwys en die verband wat dit met personeelontwikkeling het. Daar word in die besonder verwys na die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks, gehalteversekering in Suid-Afrikaanse unversiteite en personeelontwikkelingsprogramme by Histories Swart Universiteite. Daarna volg 'n diepgaande bespreking van die verband tussen onderrig en leer, waartydens daar na onderrig en leer-teorieë in die hoër onderwys verwys word. Vervolgens word die totale spektrum van personeelontwikkelingsaktiwiteite ondersoek. Hierdie bespreking begin met 'n beskrywing van die verskillende bevoegdhede waaraan dosente moet voldoen, en word gevolg deur 'n voorlegging van twee personeelontwikkelingsmodelle. Die volgende personeelontwikkelingspraktyke word dan in besonderhede bespreek: orientingsprogramme, seminare en werkswinkels, reflektiewe onderwys en selfgerigte praktyk, mentorskap, konsultasie, persoonlike ontwikkelingskontrakte, die "cascades method" en mikro-onderrig. Hierdie bespreking word dan saamgevat deur die saak van die Universiteit van Durban-Westville te stel. Die behoefte aan personeelontwikkeling vir akademici in die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe, word gemotiveer. In Hoofstuk drie word die navorsingsontwerp en -metodologie uiteengesit. Dit verduidelik die prosedure wat gevolg is in die navorsing. Beide kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe ondersoekmetodes is gebruik. Die primere metode om data in te samel, was die meningsopname wat die uitstuur van vraelyste vir beide derdejaarstudente en dosente in die Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe ingesluit het. Studente is gekies uit die derdejaarstudente in die Fakultiet Geesteswetenskappe. 'n Proporsioneel gestratifiseerde ewekansige monsternemingsprosedure is toegepas op beide die personeel en die studente. Hoofstuk Vier bied 'n sistematiese ontleding van die response op die vraelyste. Die studente se response op die vraelyste is ontleed en daarna is 'n ontleding van die personeel se vraelyste gedoen. Die uitslae hiervan word in tabelvorm voorgelê en word daarna bespreek.