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Prof. David Boud BSc(Hons), PhD, MInstP, CPhys, FSRHE, FRSA.   Phone: +61 2 9514 3945 Fax: +61 2 9514 3737 E-mail:David.Boud@uts.edu.au

Professor of Adult Education and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Education, UTS

Professor Boud has been involved in research and teaching development in adult, higher and professional education for nearly 30 years and has contributed extensively to the literature. He has held the position of Head of the School of Adult and Language Education at UTS and prior to that he was Professor and Foundation Director of the Professional Development Centre at the University of New South Wales

Community and professional involvements

• President, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) 1988-91.
• Member, National Strategic Review of Research in Education, Australian Research Council, 1990-92
• Ministerial appointee, NSW Board of Adult and Continuing Education, 1991-96
• Independent member and Chair, NSW Taxi Industry Training Board, 1990-94
• Vice-President, New South Wales Institute for Educational Research, 1984-89
• Co-founder and Executive member, Australian Consortium on Experiential Education, 1978-94
• Editor/Co-Editor, Studies in Continuing Education, 1986-present.

Teaching areas

Experience-based learning, Researching educational practice, Analysing professional practice. Supervision of research students in adult, higher and professional education.

Research and scholarly interests include:

Models of learning from experience, reflection and learning, innovations in teaching and learning in adult and higher education (including problem-based learning, experience-based learning, negotiated learning approaches, work-based learning, reciprocal peer learning), self-assessment and appraisal.

National Teaching Development Grants awarded (with others): Improving the use of learning contracts, Effective peer teaching and learning, Reciprocal peer learning.

Recent Publications

Boud, D. & Feletti, G. (Eds.) (1997). The Challenge of Problem-Based Learning, London: Kogan Page. Second Edition.

Boud, D. (Ed.)(1998). Workplace Learning: Current Research and New Agendas. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

Boud, D. & Garrick, J. (Eds.)(in preparation). Understanding Learning at Work. London: Routledge.

Anderson, G., Boud, D. & Sampson, J. (1998). Qualities of learning contracts. In Stephenson, J. & Yorke, M. (Eds.). Capability and Quality in Higher Education. London: Kogan Page, 162-173.

Boud, D. & Walker, D. (1998). Promoting reflection in professional courses: the challenge of context. Studies in Higher Education, 23, 2, 191-206.

Boud, D. & Higgs, J. (accepted for publication). Assessment and learning. In Higgs, J. & Edwards, H. (Eds.) Educating Beginning Practitioners. London: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Boud, D. & Edwards, H. (accepted for publication). Learning for practice: promoting learning in clinical and community settings. In Higgs, J. & Edwards, H. (Eds.) Educating Beginning Practitioners. London: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Boud, D. (accepted for publication). How can university work-based courses contribute to lifelong learning? In Holford, J., Jarvis, P. & Griffin, C. (Eds.). Lifelong Learning for a Learning Society. London: Kogan Page.

Boud, D. (submitted for publication). Avoiding the traps: seeking good practice in the use of self assessment and reflection in professional courses, Social Work Education.

Boud, D. (submitted for publication). Situating academic development in professional work: using peer learning, International Journal of Academic Development.

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