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Researching The Impact Of Educational Development, Nancy Van Note Chism, Matthew Holley, Cameron J. Harris Jan 2012

Researching The Impact Of Educational Development, Nancy Van Note Chism, Matthew Holley, Cameron J. Harris

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Examining Effective Faculty Practice, Allison Brckalorenz, Tony Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Eddie R. Cole Jan 2012

Examining Effective Faculty Practice, Allison Brckalorenz, Tony Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Eddie R. Cole

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Contemplative Pedagogy, Daniel Barbezat, Allison Pingree Jan 2012

Contemplative Pedagogy, Daniel Barbezat, Allison Pingree

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No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Evaluation Terminology, Carol Lauer Jan 2012

A Comparison Of Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Evaluation Terminology, Carol Lauer

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Supporting International Faculty, Cutting Li, Sterling K. Wall, Marty Loy, Kelly Schoonaert Jan 2012

Supporting International Faculty, Cutting Li, Sterling K. Wall, Marty Loy, Kelly Schoonaert

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Understanding Intersecting Processes, Kristen A. Renn Jan 2012

Understanding Intersecting Processes, Kristen A. Renn

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No abstract provided.


Organizational Strategies For Fostering Faculty Racial Inclusion, Dannielle Joy Davis, Edward J. Brantmeier, Robert Torosyan, Hyacinth E. Findlay Jan 2012

Organizational Strategies For Fostering Faculty Racial Inclusion, Dannielle Joy Davis, Edward J. Brantmeier, Robert Torosyan, Hyacinth E. Findlay

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No abstract provided.


Please Read While Texting And Driving, C. Edward Watson, Krista P. Terry, Peter E. Doolittle Jan 2012

Please Read While Texting And Driving, C. Edward Watson, Krista P. Terry, Peter E. Doolittle

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Tweeting #Podhbcu, Mary C. Wright, Rachel K. Niemer, Derek Bruff, Katherine Valle Jan 2012

Tweeting #Podhbcu, Mary C. Wright, Rachel K. Niemer, Derek Bruff, Katherine Valle

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No abstract provided.


Using Small Group Individual Diagnosis To Improve Online Instruction, Jennifer H. Herman, Melissa Langridge Jan 2012

Using Small Group Individual Diagnosis To Improve Online Instruction, Jennifer H. Herman, Melissa Langridge

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No abstract provided.


Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro Jan 2012

Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro

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Acknowledgments, Volume (20), James E. Groccia Jan 2012

Acknowledgments, Volume (20), James E. Groccia

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Acknowledgments for volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by James E. Groccia of Auburn University.


Time To Raise Questions About Student Ratings, Linda B. Nilson Jan 2012

Time To Raise Questions About Student Ratings, Linda B. Nilson

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Faculty Development Beyond Instructional Development: Ideas Centers Can Use, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Tara Gray, A. Jane Birch Jan 2011

Faculty Development Beyond Instructional Development: Ideas Centers Can Use, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Tara Gray, A. Jane Birch

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Most faculty development programs focus on the faculty member as teacher. However, faculty seek support in many areas, including orientation, mentoring, scholarly writing, time management, career advancement, leadership, and service. Research and practice also suggest that faculty and facuity development programs benefit from an integrated approach to professional development. This chapter fills a gap in faculty development practice by suggesting ways that centers can create programming that goes beyond instructional development, thereby supporting a more expansive range of faculty work.


Next Generation @ Iupui: A Leadership Development Program For Faculty Of Color, Megan M. Palmer, Julianna V. Banks, Joshua S. Smith, Sherree A. Wilson Jan 2011

Next Generation @ Iupui: A Leadership Development Program For Faculty Of Color, Megan M. Palmer, Julianna V. Banks, Joshua S. Smith, Sherree A. Wilson

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Next Generation @ IUPUI is an intensive one-year leadership program designed to develop the leadership potential off acuity of color. The program expands the pool off acuity who are ready to assume leadership positions. In addition to addressing higher education administration theories and trends, participants receive individualized coaching and mentoring to develop a broad network of peers.


There Was Something Missing: A Case Study Of A Faculty Member’S Social Intelligence Development, Tamara Rosier Jan 2011

There Was Something Missing: A Case Study Of A Faculty Member’S Social Intelligence Development, Tamara Rosier

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Some faculty members seem to lack the social intelligence or relational skills needed to successfully “read” and respond to their students. This chapter describes the process of developing social intelligence skills in one faculty member. During a series of ten coaching sessions, there was demonstrable change in the faculty member’s behavior and a self-reported increase in his social intelligence skills. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that social intelligence can be developed, and it has the potential to have a positive effect on teaching practices and faculty success.


About The Authors, Volume 29 (2011) Jan 2011

About The Authors, Volume 29 (2011)

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About the editors and authors of volume 29 (2011) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.


Preface, Volume 29 (2011), Judith E. Miller Jan 2011

Preface, Volume 29 (2011), Judith E. Miller

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Preface to volume 29 (2011) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by Judith E. Miller of University of North Florida.


Acknowledgments, Volume 29 (2011) Jan 2011

Acknowledgments, Volume 29 (2011)

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Acknowledgments for volume 29 (2011) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by Judith E. Miller of University of North Florida.


Ethical Guidelines For Educational Developers Jan 2011

Ethical Guidelines For Educational Developers

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Ethical guidelines for educational developers.


Taking Stock: Contemplating North American Graduate Student Professional Development Programs And Developers, Dieter J. Schönwetter, Donna Ellis Jan 2011

Taking Stock: Contemplating North American Graduate Student Professional Development Programs And Developers, Dieter J. Schönwetter, Donna Ellis

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A two-stage study was conducted to identify key competencies in graduate student development programs at Canadian and U.S. institutions. Once thirty-nine key competencies were identified, developers of graduate students were asked to rate the importance of each competency in their programming, the extent to which each competency was explicitly taught, and their own confidence in the training received to help teach these competencies. One key finding suggests that numerous potential gaps exist in the training of those who deliver graduate student development programs, which organizations such as the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education can help to address.


Growing A New Generation: Promoting Self-Reflection Through Peer Observation, Allison Boye, Micah Meixner Jan 2011

Growing A New Generation: Promoting Self-Reflection Through Peer Observation, Allison Boye, Micah Meixner

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Many faculty developers understand the value of self-reflection in effective teaching and aim to cultivate the practice in their programming. However, many instructors regard peer observation as punitive or evaluative in nature and overlook how the practice can promote thoughtful self-reflection by the observer. This chapter outlines a model of group peer observation that supports introspection and community, thereby transforming that negative perception. We discuss how the process promotes cross-disciplinary open-door teaching and reflective practice in teaching improvement and how faculty developers from institutions and programs of all sizes can help nurture that growth.


Support Needs Of University Adjunct Lecturers, Sarah M. Ginsberg Jan 2011

Support Needs Of University Adjunct Lecturers, Sarah M. Ginsberg

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Little is known about the support needs of the part-time instructors on university campuses, despite the fact that they represent more than 50 percent of the instructors teaching in higher education. This study of adjunct lecturers investigated their support needs and their preferences for receiving support. Results indicated that adjuncts wanted information about their students and effective teaching methods beyond lecturing. They expressed frustration over the fact that there was no systematic approach to information sharing, particularly with the tenure-track faculty in their programs. They evenly favored resources provided either electronically or face-to-face.


Understanding And Supporting Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Faculty: A Needed Change, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan Palmer, Nancy Van Note Chism Jan 2011

Understanding And Supporting Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Faculty: A Needed Change, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan Palmer, Nancy Van Note Chism

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As the face of the American faculty profession changes, targeted academic development becomes more important. A phenomenological qualitative study of full-time, non-tenure-track faculty in English portrays an experience characterized by a love of teaching but fraught with professional challenges stemming from low status and poor reward and recognition structures. These data provide the point of departure for recommendations on expanding organizational and faculty development strategies for supporting, integrating, and encouraging full-time, non-tenure-track faculty.


Cross-Domain Collaborative Learning And The Transformation Of Faculty Identity, James B. Young Jan 2011

Cross-Domain Collaborative Learning And The Transformation Of Faculty Identity, James B. Young

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This chapter addresses how faculty from disparate backgrounds collaborate in interdisciplinary learning communities and how this cross-domain collaboration leads to a tangible change in identity. Faculty enter learning communities playing the more common roles of expert and teacher, but they leave taking on the additional roles of novice, learner, and knowledge integrator. The experience of cross-domain interaction is both rewarding and transformative for faculty as they are well equipped to communicate across the disciplinary landscape and gain a rhetorical awareness that is an invaluable ingredient for learning community participation.


A Coaching-Based Framework For Individual Consultations, Deandra Little, Michael S. Palmer Jan 2011

A Coaching-Based Framework For Individual Consultations, Deandra Little, Michael S. Palmer

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Educational developers committed to promoting effective teaching and learning practices often make the same mistake we advise instructors to avoid: privileging content over process in individual consultations. We describe a process-oriented consultation model based on effective practices from the literature on individual consultations, coaching, learning, and motivation. Using this three-step model, educational developers can systematically create a collaborative environment that is nonjudgmental and nonprescriptive and draws on the client’s capabilities, experiences, aspirations, and resourcefulness.


Professional Conversations: A Reflective Framework For Collaborative Development, Peter Shaw, Bob Cole Jan 2011

Professional Conversations: A Reflective Framework For Collaborative Development, Peter Shaw, Bob Cole

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A small team of faculty and faculty developers at the Monterey Institute of International Studies launched a professional development initiative by adapting Edge’s (1992, 2002) framework of cooperative development into a model they labeled the professional conversation. This structured interaction involves a speaker exploring a topic of professional and personal significance through the facilitation of an understander. The details of the model are presented, along with heuristics for practicing the two roles. Assessment data indicate that the struggle to master the model is judged worthwhile for community building, professional development, and, unexpectedly, pedagogical practice.


Intersecting Identities And The Work Of Faculty Development, Cerri A. Banks, Jonathan Luzzini, Susanne M. Pliner Jan 2011

Intersecting Identities And The Work Of Faculty Development, Cerri A. Banks, Jonathan Luzzini, Susanne M. Pliner

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On increasingly diverse college campuses, faculty members look to faculty developers for support in facilitating difficult classroom dialogues and in handling challenging interactions around their students’ identities and their own. We propose that faculty developers’ work around issues of diversity, social justice, and inclusive excellence can be enhanced by developing a foundation in the theory of intersectionality, which engages the complexity of identity and the resulting power structures that inform institutions. We discuss this theoretical perspective and provide examples of faculty development initiatives that can be strengthened through the use of an intersectional lens.


The First Day Of Class: How Should Instructors Use Class Time?, Sal Meyers, Brian C. Smith Jan 2011

The First Day Of Class: How Should Instructors Use Class Time?, Sal Meyers, Brian C. Smith

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Students and instructors rated first-day class satisfaction and completed scales assessing the time that instructors spent on introductions, course policies, procedures, and course content. For students, interest on or before the first day, and for faculty, excitement and confidence in students’ abilities, strongly predicted satisfaction on the first day. Student and instructor satisfaction also were positively associated with time devoted to hows and whys, content, and introductions. Findings contradict previous empirical studies of student satisfaction but are consistent with faculty development recommendations.


Student And Faculty Perceptions Of Effects Of Midcourse Evaluation, Whitney Ransom Mcgowan, Russell T. Osguthorpe Jan 2011

Student And Faculty Perceptions Of Effects Of Midcourse Evaluation, Whitney Ransom Mcgowan, Russell T. Osguthorpe

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We report on faculty and student perceptions of the effects of midcourse evaluations on teaching improvement and student learning. We provided faculty with a midcourse evaluation tool, surveyed faculty and students, interviewed faculty, observed debriefing sessions, and compared midcourse with end-of-semester ratings. Of 510 mean ratings on individual learning items, 342 (67 percent) mean scores showed improvement from midcourse to the end of the semester. Faculty who read their midcourse feedback, discussed it with their students, and made pedagogical changes saw the most improvement in their ratings.