Dynamic Development A new approach for the personal and professional development of researchers Practitioner Guide The Dynamic You Changing, curious, exploratory, aware, critical, progressing, achieving, failing, performing, learning, strategic, chaotic, organised, processing, being Dispositional Experience Awareness Recording System Analysis: The static and dynamic development You Situation (Static) (Static) You Situation (Dynamic) (Dynamic) Theoretical Concept Situational External Feedback Awareness Discovering and Exploring Situational Competence The work embodied in this guide was funded by a University of Leeds Student Education Fellowship (USEF Development Award 2016-17) The guide has been authored by the associated development group. The lead author for the guide as a whole is the chair and where other members of the group were lead authors for specific sections this is indicated as appropriate by section in the text. Development group: Dr Tony Bromley, University of Leeds (Chair) Dr Jim Boran, University of Manchester Dr Gail de Blaquiere, Newcastle University Sarah Gray, University of Leeds Dr Richard Hinchcliffe, Independent consultant, previously University of Liverpool Dr Mark Proctor, University of Sunderland Dr Sandrine Soubes, University of Sheffield Dr Davina Whitnall, University of Salford 2 Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 A. Introduction and context ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................5 The ‘catalyst’ for a new approach ........................................................................................................................................................................................5 A challenge to the current model for researcher development .....................................................................................................................6 Toward a new model for development: an ethos ......................................................................................................................................................7 In practice, from ethos to new approach .......................................................................................................................................................................9 What does this mean for practitioners? ...........................................................................................................................................................................10 B. The Dynamic Development Model explained ...........................................................................................................................................................11 The static and dynamic development theoretical concept .......................................................................................................................................11 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Situational competence: an alternative to ‘Skill’ .....................................................................................................................................................11 Theoretical underpinning: The Static and Dynamic theoretical concept ..............................................................................................12 The potential of the Static and Dynamic development concept. ................................................................................................................15 Activities..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Experience recording system ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Activities..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 External feedback ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Activities..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Discovering and exploring ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Activities..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Situational awareness ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Activities..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Dispositional awareness ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Activities..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 C. Understanding and building potential futures: from situational competence to capital. ........................20 An alternative to training needs analysis ...............................................................................................................................................................................23 D. Dynamic Development resources .................................................................................................................................................................................24 A dynamic development programme framing .....................................................................................................................................................................24 Facilitation examples using the SDD concept ...................................................................................................................................................................26 Example 1: Using the Game Board. ..................................................................................................................................................................................26 Example 2: Introducing the SDD concept for reflective practice ................................................................................................................27 Example 3: Interdisciplinary working workshop .......................................................................................................................................................28 Example 4: Developing confidence facilitation models ......................................................................................................................................29 Dispositions and situations expressed in static and dynamic components .................................................................................................29 Example 1: Conference presentation ................................................................................................................................................................................30 Example 2: Confidence development ...............................................................................................................................................................................31 Example 3: Interdisciplinary working................................................................................................................................................................................32 Example 4: Leadership ................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 Example 5: Project management .........................................................................................................................................................................................34