ERIC Number: EJ1452553
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 28
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Measuring Pandemic Change: Analyzing Syllabi for Student-Centeredness over Time
To Improve the Academy, v43 n2 Article 10 p313-340 2024
Researchers seek to measure the extent to which faculty increased their student-centered practices in response to COVID-19 by analyzing course syllabi across three semesters. Faculty were randomly selected from two campuses of a STEM-focused institution (n = 110), each of whom had taught the same course during Fall 2019, Fall 2020, and Fall 2022. Scorers used an abbreviated version of the Student-Centered Syllabus Rubric (Palmer et al., 2014) to identify shifts in student-centeredness over time. Results revealed that 85% of measured syllabi changed over time, with over one-third of measured syllabi reverting to pre-pandemic status. The researchers discuss their methods, results, limitations, and future research opportunities.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Course Descriptions, Student Centered Learning, Intellectual History, Trend Analysis, Content Analysis, STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Development, Institutes (Training Programs), Curriculum Design, Multicampus Colleges, Private Colleges, Predominantly White Institutions, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida; Arizona
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