An Analysis of Instructional Practices of Contingent Faculty in Community Colleges

<p>The academy has long acknowledged teaching, service, and research as the threefold work of its members. Those members in community colleges primarily engage in teaching, as opposed to research and service, but historical trends show an increase in the percent of courses taught by contingent instructors as opposed to full-time faculty members. This trend, when considered with the fact that almost half of the students now pursuing postsecondary educational opportunities do so in community colleges, provides a rich landscape for investigation.</p><p>This dissertation examines, through description correlation methods, the existence of relationships between characteristics of community college contingent faculty and the planning, preparation, class environment, instruction, and professional development activities used by contingent faculty in community colleges, specifically those instructors in the Arts and Sciences or general education divisions.</p><p>Those varied teaching activities are the components of Danielson’s Framework for Teaching, a model developed to address wide-ranging aspects of instruction. That model serves as the conceptual framework for this study, which included participants from across the nation who work in community colleges differentiated by size and the populations they serve.</p><p>The analysis of the results of this correlational study leads to recommendations for more effective instructional practices in contingent faculty and improved integration of this group into the academic life of community colleges.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Higher Education

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Toledo

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Schwartz, Carol A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Meabon, David

• Community College Education
• Community Colleges
• Education
• Pedagogy
• Teaching
• community college
• contingent faculty
• adjuncts
• adjunct faculty
• teaching practices
• Framework for Teaching
• instructional practices
• instruction

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1352149067

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:toledo1352149067