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Bridging identity chasms: Occupational therapy academics' reflections on the journey towards scholarship
Fortune, Tracy Ennals, Priscilla Bhopti, Anoo Neilson, Cheryl Darzins, Susan Bruce, Christopher
Fortune, Tracy
Ennals, Priscilla
Bhopti, Anoo
Neilson, Cheryl
Darzins, Susan
Bruce, Christopher
Abstract
The performative context of higher education demands that practice-oriented academics shift their priorities from preparing practitioners for the profession, towards ‘productive’ scholarship. We present narratives from occupational therapy academics at the end of a year-long journey through an action research project focussed on academic identity and scholarly growth. Our analysis captures subtle and striking shifts in being and becoming, doing and belonging. The findings, re-presented as an adapted Hero’s Journey, also reveal the powerful impacts on identity and practice that are enabled when academics have the opportunity to create spaces for scholarship that are experienced as caring, collaborative and collegial.
Keywords
Academic scholarship, academic identity, occupational therapy, academic development, higher education
Date
2016
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Journal article
Journal
Teaching in Higher Education
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Volume
21
Issue
3
Page Range
313-325
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ACU Department
School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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