ERIC Number: EJ1389692
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1051-1970
EISSN: EISSN-1935-4053
Overcoming Barriers to Adjunct Engagement: A Community-First Approach to Professional Development
Weller, Kirk; Venkatesh, Anil; Militzer, Erin
PRIMUS, v33 n7 p729-743 2023
We present a model for professional development of instructional faculty. Though initially conceived for accreditation compliance as a credentialing process for adjunct faculty, this project led to increases in participants' collaboration on lesson design, investment in curricular decisions, and adoption of active learning methods. In this paper, we identify five barriers that initially impeded these outcomes: Time, Isolation, Connection Between Content and Pedagogy, Change, and Risk-Taking. Through extensive coding of discussion board posts and participant interviews, we show that participants initially encountered these barriers but largely overcame them by the end of the project.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperative Planning, Barriers, Mathematics Teachers, College Mathematics, Communities of Practice, Teamwork, Inquiry
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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: Michigan
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