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In this learning resource, you’ll explore a range of things we consider to be important factors in helping academic teachers develop. We’ll explore the foundations of the practice of academic teaching, the things that you need to be able to reflect on so that you can take ownership of your teaching practice. This will help you build your skills in a systematic and credible way, both in the classroom and beyond it.

In our experience, developing as an academic teacher works best if it is a social, shared process, rather than a solitary, private one. If you share the experience of working through this resource with colleagues, you have a better chance of building a stronger collegial network, which is something we believe is important for academic teaching.

Our work at Lund University focuses heavily on building a culture of teaching and learning, where shared understanding and meaning making create opportunities for development, innovation, and success. The Lund model of developing academic teaching is one that emphasizes serious, underpinned, and meaningful conversations about teaching and learning that are grounded in an informed understanding of teaching and learning, and take a critically reflective attitude to experiences and observations. We created Developing as an academic teacher because we believe the Lund model is effective and we want to share it freely with as many academic teachers around the world as possible.