Raising the quality of part-time lecturing

Citation

(1999), "Raising the quality of part-time lecturing", Education + Training, Vol. 41 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.1999.00441bab.002

Raising the quality of part-time lecturing

Raising the quality of part-time lecturing

Keywords Colleges, Internet, Part-time work, Quality, Training

Thousands of part-time lecturers will benefit from a public-private sector partnership to improve teaching and learning in further education.

Education Learning Services is launching a quality initiative designed in partnership with more than 100 colleges across Britain to provide continuing professional development for part-time lecturers.

Traditionally, part-time lecturers have been regarded as a casual workforce, hired and fired as needs change. They often bring up-to-date skills and experience into colleges, but may lack formal teaching qualifications or experience. The Education Lecturing Services initiative will provide part-time lecturers with lifelong-learning opportunities to improve their teaching skills.

The Internet-based lifelong-learning network is at the heart of the plan, which also includes initial training for new part-time lecturers, a quality audit of lecturing assignments and quality management information for colleges.

Comments Education Learning Services managing director Frank Lord: "Access to learning can make a huge difference to the quality of teaching assignments which part-time lecturers deliver, and raise retention and achievement. Part-time lecturers and their students will be the winners."