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Academics' Professionalism and Quality Mechanisms: Challenges and Tensions
- Source :
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Quality in Higher Education . Nov 2009 15(3):193-205. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This paper provides an insight into the debate about academic work as a profession. It refers to the sociology of professions and explores how academics in a pre-1992 university in England understood their work as a profession and how they interpreted their professionalism in the context of an audit culture for teaching. It reveals that academics' professionalism has affected their attitudes towards audit-related quality mechanisms and resulted in a perceived tension between professional values and the audit. This tension was caused by the perceived bureaucracy of the audit, its time cost and the perception that the audit is a symbol of distrust in the professionalism of academics.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1353-8322
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Quality in Higher Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ865078
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13538320903343008