A Case Study of a Technical College's Faculty Perceptions Regarding the Value of Professional Development Activities

<p>The purpose of this qualitative research study was to investigate technical college faculty members' perceptions of the professional development. Most of the literature was focused on four-year higher educational institutions. For the purposes of this qualitative case study, the researcher addressed the limited amount in the literature about professional development in two-year technical colleges. The researcher investigated faculty perceptions concerning the usefulness of professional development in a two-year higher education institution through survey research design with 8 participants. The main themes were 1) technical college faculty desired professional development; 2) technical college faculty needed for follow up from the professional development; and 3) technical college faculty perceived that the professional development was to general to be useful for improving their instructional strategies.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counseling, Foundations & Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Hensley, Kermelle D

• Education
• Technical Colleges
• Professional Development
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational Leadership
• Higher Education

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/307

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:csuepress.columbusstate.edu:theses_dissertations-1309