Wood, Sarah, and Mate, Susan (2012) How do we Assess the Impact Sessional Staff have on the Student Experience? In: Refereed Papers of the Tertiary Education and Management Conference 2012. pp. 207-219. From: Tertiary Education and Management Conference 2012, 16-19 September 2012, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

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Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between the employment status of teaching staff (sessional or continuing) and the student experience. Using interview data from a university, this paper investigates the impact sessional employment has, if any, on the quality of teaching and, in turn, the student experience. A number of sessional staff members and managers of sessional staff from a cross-section of university faculties were interviewed. These two cohorts place different emphasis on what they consider to be important when monitoring the quality of their teaching practices and the engagement of their students. In summary, there are differences between sessional staff and their managers, and also between the university and broader global measures of quality. The challenge is now to find an innovative and strategic approach to supporting and managing sessional staff that draws on integral theory and targets the diverse range of sessional requirements in order to enhance the student experience.

Item ID:	83414
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	978-0-9808563-3-0
Keywords:	Sessional Staff, Careeer Education
Related URLs:	https://2018.temc.org.au/documents/54-11...
Additional Information:	Please not this was accepted as part of the refereed stream and the link to the published version can be found below https://www.atem.org.au/documents/item/498 Publishers are Association for Tertiary Education Mangement Editors Ian R Dobson, Raj Sharma & Maree Conway (Eds.)
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