“Appreciate We Are Individual Humans with Previous Experience”: An Exploration of Sessional Marker Experiences

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aut.relation.articlenumber8
aut.relation.issue6
aut.relation.journalJournal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
aut.relation.pages23
aut.relation.volume20
dc.contributor.authorHammond, Kay
dc.contributor.authorRai, Meenal
dc.contributor.authorHassouna, Amira
dc.contributor.authorRaleigh, Sue
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-18T01:01:13Z
dc.date.available2023-08-18T01:01:13Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-23
dc.description.abstractContinuous increase of global reliance on sessional staff in higher education has not been accompanied by the development of strategies to enhance quality learning and teaching or understanding the experiences of these staff. This has resulted in a general discontent among this category of academics. The growing importance of building respectful working environments that integrate inclusive care and performance quality leads to the emergence of standards frameworks. Explorations of sessional staff lived experiences are vital to inform policy and practice. This study examined sessional staff predominantly in a marking role in a local context of an Aotearoa/New Zealand University. We explored our markers’ agreement with selected principles of an Australian national framework. Based on an anonymous Qualtrics survey, the quantitative data showed our markers agreed with most of the selected Australian framework principles at the individual and department levels. An appreciative inquiry of the qualitative data identified markers’ desires for increased professional development, infrastructure and resources, and personal motivation. Considering our markers’ experiences, we propose several actions in a workshop format to provide insights for developing better structures and policies for retaining, training, and engaging with sessional staff.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, ISSN: 1449-9789 (Print); 1449-9789 (Online), University of Wollongong, 20(6). doi: 10.53761/1.20.6.8
dc.identifier.doi10.53761/1.20.6.8
dc.identifier.issn1449-9789
dc.identifier.issn1449-9789
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/16570
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUniversity of Wollongong
dc.relation.urihttps://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol20/iss6/08/
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dc.subjectsessional staff
dc.subjectprofessional development
dc.subjectappreciative inquiry
dc.subjecthigher education
dc.subjectmarkers
dc.subject1301 Education Systems
dc.subject1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject3903 Education systems
dc.title“Appreciate We Are Individual Humans with Previous Experience”: An Exploration of Sessional Marker Experiences
dc.typeJournal Article
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