Hillier, Yvonne (n.d.) ‘The quest for competence, good practice and excellence’, The Higher Education Academy, [online] Available from: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/resources/resourcedatabase/id494_quest_for_competence.pdf (Accessed 11 November 2008).
Attempts made to identify qualities of excellence. To formally recognize it and in doing so promote good practices to realizing it.
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NTFS (National teaching Fellowship Scheme - UK
criteria for rating submissions for teaching excellence
- ability to inspire students
- ability to inspire colleagues
- ability to inspire broader community
- enable Ss to achieve learning outcomes
- demonstrate reflective practice in their teaching
- innovation
- promotion
- presentation
- sharing and promoting good practice
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Research on the subject by Vielba and Hillier, 2000.
Administrators focussed on organizational qualities
- planning
- resources
- explicitly stated outcomes
- enthusiasm
- creativity
- interpersonal skills
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So using criteria for judging excellence is dead.. long live the role of research and reflection in promoting excellence (?)
That's sort of what I'm left with here after reading the Hillier article. So there is not true set of criteria to realize what is deemed to be "excellence" in teaching. Rather we know what is needed to encourage personal and professional development to make anyone a better educator - namely "research" to inform "reflection on our practices" and this to inform our "professional practice".
Seems to support my earlier opinion about using the term "expert" - calling myself an expert on anything. I am more comfortable declaring myself someone who is a reflective practitioner thus continually under development. The alternative? To stay the same .... to not grow .. to fossilize.
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