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Direct linkMelville, Wayne; Campbell, Todd; Jones, Doug – Research in Science Education, 2019
This article addresses two gaps in the literature related to science department chairs: the axiological relationship between the chair and science, the subject, and the perceptions of the chair with respect to teaching and learning within their departments. In this work, axiology is used to understand how the chair's values toward the subject…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Department Heads, Values, Science Departments
Peacock, Jeremy; Melville, Wayne – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Working from a historical perspective indicates that there are four periods over the last 170 years through which the role of the science chair has developed. This evolution has progressed from the administrative need to implement the agenda of the newly professionalised science of the nineteenth century, to a greater emphasis on the role of the…
Descriptors: Science Departments, Instructional Leadership, Department Heads, Leadership Role
Download full textMcCullough, Laura – Education Sciences, 2020
A considerable body of research exists on women in leadership and likewise, on women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields. However, the intersection of the two is terra incognita: women in leadership in STEM. At the most fundamental level, we do not even have a solid idea of how many women hold leadership positions in…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Women Administrators, STEM Education, Department Heads
Bray, Esther – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2019
The aim of this paper is to share a case study from Brunel University London's Department of Life Sciences, where a change project was established to manage a significant increase in undergraduate student numbers. It gives an insight into the key factors behind the successful implementation of change, in particular focusing on how the project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Departments, Biological Sciences, Change Strategies
Collins, Jennifer Shalini; Olesik, Susan V. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
There is a severe shortage of Black scientists in the United States. Amid the recent national movement to dismantle systemic racism and racial injustices, many scientists publicly highlighted the prevalence of racist learning environments in STEM, contributing to the underrepresentation of Black students in STEM fields. Acknowledging this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Science Departments, Department Heads, Administrator Role
Melville, Wayne; Campbell, Todd; Jones, Doug – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
In this article, we have considered the role of the chair in leading the learning necessary for a department to become effective in the teaching and learning of science from a reformed perspective. We conceptualize the phrase "leading learning" to mean the chair's constitution of influence, power, and authority to intentionally impact…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Departments, Department Heads, Administrator Role
