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Students And Faculty Indivisible: Crafting A Higher Education Culture Of Flourishing, Eileen K. Camfield
Students And Faculty Indivisible: Crafting A Higher Education Culture Of Flourishing, Eileen K. Camfield
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation is comprised of three separate articles addressing related issues central to the culture and future of higher education. The questions that animate the investigations are: In what ways is writing self-efficacy forged in the learning relationships between student and instructor? In what ways, if any, do traditional assessment practices impact student development? In what ways, if any, does institutional culture shape faculty identity, and what is gained or lost in the process? These queries stem from concerns about possible disconnects between visions of higher education's potential and actual practices in the classroom. The dissertation uses grounded theory to …