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Dr Julie Hulme
HEA Discipline Lead for Psychology
Developing your academic teaching career
The teaching you do currently will give you a good idea of what to expect, and will also be important when applying for posts.
Selection for academic appointments will look at all your experience – research and teaching. It is important to be able to articulate your reflections on teaching.
Competitive market in academia means high quality teaching is a priority.
What sorts of teaching activity are you engaged in now?
What development activity are you undertaking? 2
Developing your academic teaching career
Workshops and conferences around Psychology learning and teaching.
Key themes in Psychology at the moment are
• assessment and feedback;
• employability;
• technology-enhanced learning;
• internationalisation;
• retention and success;
• psychological literacy.
Which of these areas are you confident about? What more do you need to know?
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What can you do to develop?
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/disciplines/psychology
Colleagues;
Journals – Psychology Learning and Teaching; Psychology Teaching Review; Teaching of Psychology; generic learning and teaching journals;
Text books;
The British Psychological Society – PsyPAG and the Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology.
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Resources
Developing from postgrad/postdoc/other teaching to lecturing will require you to take more responsibility:
• Writing your own materials;
• Supporting other members of the teaching team, e.g. postgraduates;
• Setting and marking assessments;
• Communicating with students;
• Evaluating teaching and quality assurance;
• Module and course design.5
Postgraduate vs lecturer 1
You’ll need to manage your teaching alongside your research activity and an administrative load:
• Module/course leadership;
• Admissions/recruitment and open days;
• Careers tutor;
• Specific aspects of student support such as level tutor;
• Placement co-ordinator;
• Exams officer;
• And more. 6
Postgraduate vs lecturer 2
Try to gain a diversity of teaching experience that you can talk about at interview:
• Ask if you can give a lecture and/or write your own seminar material for a class;
• Make the most of training opportunities in your institution and outside;
• Develop your subject understanding;
• Reflect on your teaching – what do you do well? What helps students to learn? What do you learn through your teaching experience?
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Preparing for the next step 1
Demonstrate a commitment to quality learning and teaching.
Apply to be an Associate Fellow of the HEA;
See the ‘Click Away’ flyer for ways in which HEA can help your development:
• Events and conferences;
• UK travel fund;
• New to Teaching workshops once in post.
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Preparing for the next step 2
What will you do next to prepare yourself for an academic post?
Keep in touch:
• Psychology e-bulletin;
• Email;
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk;
• Facebook;
• Twitter.
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Moving forward
On a yellow post-it note, jot down one or two things you’ve found useful today;
On a different coloured post-it note, write down one thing you will do as a result.
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What next?