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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Faculty professional development"”.
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Constructing Guidelines for Building Communities of Practice for Supporting Faculty Professional Development in Electronic Environments
Faculty who teach online courses at large research institutions have unique professional development and support needs. Communities of practice may provide a solution to feelings of isolation reported by faculty who teach online courses. Through a community of practice faculty may offer support to …
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The Perceived Results of Feedback and Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness on Adjunct Faculty Professional Development and Growth
<p>Problem</p> <p>While full-time faculty at any institution of higher learning undergo an established system of evaluation of teaching effectiveness, adjunct faculty members' experience varies greatly from institution to institution. There is little in the relevant academic literature about an …
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Motivational Triggers of Faculty Members: The process of teaching practice transformation
… along with student success have motivated faculty members to make changes in their teaching practices. However, few studies have examined the process and the factors that activate this teaching transformation among individual professors. The purpose of this study was to describe the process …
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An Investigation of Postsecondary Centers for Teaching Excellence Support for Universal Design for Learning
… for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in faculty professional development training programs offered by Centers for Teaching Excellence (CTE) in postsecondary institutions. The factors examined were: administrative support, staffing for CTEs, CTE staff characteristics, CTE level of use of …
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A Descriptive Analysis of the Perceived Effectiveness of Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute
Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute (FDI) was developed to address issues related to the computer technology revolution; training and education of faculty; faculty professional development; and the university adjusting to change. The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the …
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Program Director Support For Adjunct Faculty In The Promotion Of Student Success
<p>There is a need for adjunct faculty in community colleges to be supported by administration at the program director level or by those that have experience socializing new adjunct faculty into their departments, to ensure the promotion of student success in the classroom. This qualitative …
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Investigating experiences that inform university instructors' specialized knowledge for teaching protein synthesis
… interviews to determine their academic and professional development history as well as interviews focused on their lesson plans and orientations towards teaching. The results of the analysis revealed three assertions that emerged from all three case profiles. The assertions are: (1) …
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Developing TPACK in Practice: a multiple case study of higher education instructors
… Correia, & Thompson, 2011; Redmond, 2011). While professional development in higher education can offer instructors opportunities to develop knowledge and competencies that may enhance their practice (Lowenthal, 2008; Desimone, et. al 2002), many professional development experiences around …
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A Study of Critical Thinking Dispositions of Undergraduates in Foreign Language Discipline at One Private College in Mainland China
… CT from the perspectives of curriculum design, faculty professional development, classroom teaching, assessment and evaluation, and extracurricular activities.</p>
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Global Pressures and the Dynamics of Local Change: A Case Study of an English Department at an Albanian University
… organizational arrangements and practices, the faculty and students, university key administrators, all with their respective roles in policy negotiation, interpretation, and implementation. Further the findings highlight the influence of the European Union and other similar organizations on the …
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Designing a teacher orientation course for English as a foreign language faculty at Saudi Arabian universities: the case of a private university in Riyadh
… the related literature, that connects the faculty attrition to the implementation of a purpose-made faculty professional development programmes, it was evident that popular TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) courses that instructors had attended prior to their joining …
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A survey of university teaching practices and perceptions of compressed courses
This is a quantitative study that investigated faculty pedagogical changes, perceptions, and preparation of semester length courses taught in a compressed course format. One hundred and three faculty members teaching at a large Research I University in the Midwest completed an online survey …
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Professional Development for E-learning and Educational Technology: Perspectives of Higher Education ELT Faculty in Pakistan
… higher-education English Language Teaching (ELT) faculty in Pakistan perceive, experience, and emotionally navigate professional development related to E-learning and educational technology (E-PD). Working within an interpretivist paradigm and informed by phenomenology, the study investigates the …