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Developing Academic Leadership

Enhancing STEM Discipline Teaching through Cross-Disciplinary Studies

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Trends in the learning and teaching of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines increasingly focus on the need for cross-disciplinary, industry-related approaches that maximise opportunities for future employment and lifelong learning (Kuenzi, 2008). The ability and capacity of STEM academic staff to engage in cross-disciplinary, facilitated learning is currently compromised by skill shortages, lack of teacher confidence, technological change, lack of role modelling and discipline-specific teaching demands of tertiary structures (Tytler, 2007).

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

    Anthony Luff

  2. Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia

    Belinda Kennedy

  3. Curtin University, Australia

    Julianne Reid

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  1. University of Sheffield, UK

    Samuel Dent

  2. University of Sheffield, UK

    Laura Lane

  3. University of Sheffield, UK

    Tony Strike

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Luff, A., Kennedy, B., Reid, J. (2017). Developing Academic Leadership. In: Dent, S., Lane, L., Strike, T. (eds) Collaboration, Communities and Competition. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-122-3_14

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