Topic outline
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Co-Convenors
Dr Sarah Hattam (Senior Lecturer) & Associate Professor Chris Deneen (Enterprise Research Fellow), plus Dr Corinne Green (Lecturer in Academic Development)
Guest Presenters
Professor Barbara Comber & Emeritus Professor Robert Hattam
Welcome to the Researching While Teaching Series.
Building on the success of the action research series run in the College in 2018-2020, Education Futures in 2021, and across UniSA since 2022, the RWT series is being run again in 2025. This series is perfect for Teaching Focused Academics looking to maximise their 20 per cent scholarship time allocation.
The series provides the opportunity for mentoring in the development of quality research of higher education pedagogy (or, otherwise known as Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - SoTL). These workshops are being offered to all UniSA academic staff who are prepared to sign up for the set of 7 workshops, and who want to be part of a small cohort working collectively on advancing their research of higher education pedagogy.
The series follows a whole of year action research process but variations can be negotiated. There is a specific focus on supporting the systematic researching of your own practice with a view to presenting (RWT 1) and publishing your research findings (RWT Advanced). In addition, your research of your teaching can be utilised in Higher Education Academy (HEA) fellowship applications, Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) applications or the local UniSA Citations for Teaching Excellence.
Dr Sarah Hattam and Dr Corinne Green will be leading the RWT 1 sessions, supporting participants to plan, complete, and present an action research project. Associate Professor Chris Deneen will facilitate the RWT Advanced sessions to extend the mentoring process from 'doing' to 'publishing' in high quality journals, establishing a funding trajectory, and developing your research network.
Please consider the feedback of previous RWT participants and the schedule to help you make your decision to join us in 2025!
We welcome you to the series and hope you find the experience rewarding and insightful.