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Direct linkTim M. Stevens; Indira N. Z. Day; Perry J. den Brok; Frans J. Prins; Hanneke J. H. E. Assen; Marlies ter Beek; Gunter Bombaerts; Remco Coppoolse; Petra H. M. Cremers; Rik Engbers; Madeleine Hulsen; Rachelle J. A. Kamp; Jur J. Koksma; Kariene Mittendorff; Jan Riezebos; Roeland M. van der Rijst; Margje W. J. van de Wiel; Jan D. Vermunt – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Higher education (HE) is engaged in a variety of educational innovations, as well as professional development initiatives (PDIs) to support teachers in attaining the required expertise. To improve teacher professional learning and development (PLD) and innovation processes, it is important to understand whether, how and why different PLD practices…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Expertise
Download full textTrevor Gerhardt; R. Kelly – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2024
This paper is focused on the concepts of reflection, pracademics and Cognitive Apprentices used within work-based learning contexts. A hermeneutic phenomenological dialogic exchange was conducted between the authors to gain an in-depth interpretive analysis of the concepts of reflection, pracademics and Cognitive Apprentices. It is evident that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Reflection, Reflective Teaching
Burrell, Darrell Norman; Courtney-Dattola, Ashley; Burton, Sharon L.; Nobles, Calvin; Springs, Delores; Dawson, Maurice E. – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2020
Many universities require end of course evaluations for all courses taught as tool for academic accreditation purposes. The reality is that often many academic departments either do not do anything or have no idea what to do when evaluations continue to be poor. As a result, students have fought back against this process to create their own…
Descriptors: Internet, Instructional Improvement, Information Technology, Computer Security
Green, Lisa Bloomer; McCormick, Nancy; McDaniel, Scott; Rowell, Ginger Holmes; Strayer, Jeremy – Journal of Statistics Education, 2018
A course community (CC) was formed to facilitate the implementation of active-learning materials in the Introductory Statistics course at a large southeastern U.S. university. Instructors met every two weeks for the semester before and the semester of the implementation. The CC helped instructors improve their content knowledge and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Introductory Courses, Statistics, Faculty Development
Wook, Muslihah; Razali, Noor Afiza Mat; Ramli, Suzaimah; Wahab, Norshahriah Abdul; Hasbullah, Nor Asiakin; Zainudin, Norulzahrah Mohd; Talib, Muhamad Lazim – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Online assessment systems are increasingly utilised as an evaluation tool for measuring the performance of lecturers in Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs). These systems commonly have a set of questionnaires comprised of quantitative and qualitative questions. Most online lecturer teaching assessment systems are focused on the quantitative…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Online Systems
Gómez, Luis F.; Valdés, María G. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2019
The purpose of this article is to present a critical review of the ways in which the performance of university teachers are usually evaluated. Generally, the institutions state proposal of evaluation that usually coincide with what is evaluated and the use of the results. It includes the review of the different evaluation models to show the…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Job Performance, Higher Education, College Faculty
Donlan, Alice E.; Loughlin, Sandra M.; Byrne, Virginia L. – To Improve the Academy, 2019
There is often a disconnect between the unit of analysis in rigorous education research, and the types of recommendations that instructors find the most useful to improve their teaching. Research often focuses on narrow slices of the student experience, and university instructors often require broad recommendations. We present the Fearless…
Descriptors: Guidelines, College Faculty, Learner Engagement, Educational Research
Ellinghaus, Katherine; Spinks, Jennifer; Moore, Glenn; Hetherington, Paul; Atherton, Cassandra – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2019
This article examines the positive impact of overseas study tours on the teaching philosophies and classroom strategies used by the professors running the tours. While education scholars have identified long-term benefits of overseas study tours for students, less attention has been paid to flow-on benefits for teachers. This article aims to…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Faculty, Instructional Improvement, Teacher Improvement
Purcell, Jennifer W.; Scott, Heather I.; Mixson-Brookshire, Deborah – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
Teaching observations are commonly used among educators to document and improve teaching effectiveness. Unfortunately, the necessary protocols and supporting infrastructure are not consistently available for faculty who teach online. This paper presents a brief literature review and reflective narratives of educators representing online education…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Observation, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Hammonds, Frank; Mariano, Gina J.; Ammons, Gracie; Chambers, Sheridan – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2017
Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are widely used in both North America and the UK as a means of documenting and improving teaching quality. This article discusses current research on SET administration and interpretation in both regions. Sections of the article are dedicated to various problems associated with SETs and how these may be…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Faculty, Teacher Effectiveness
The Impact of Instructor Expertise and Competency on Student Learning and Strategies for Improvement
Turocy, Paula Sammarone – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2015
Context: Paradoxes exist in athletic training education. Practicing athletic trainers must be able to demonstrate competency in the knowledge, skills, and abilities that span the scope of practice. To supervise students preparing to be athletic trainers, preceptors must be credentialed to practice and meet continuing education requirements across…
Descriptors: Expertise, Teacher Competencies, Athletics, Allied Health Occupations Education
Hibbert, Paul; Semler, Mirko – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Following the publication of a recent report, commissioned by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and conducted by Staff and Educational Developers Association, this short paper considers the HEA UK Professional Standards Framework in the UK Higher Education Sector, in the context of recent and continuing debates about how best to support faculty…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Instructional Improvement, Learning Strategies
Han, Yuzheng – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The construction of university teaching faculty directly affects and restricts the long-term development of universities. Since the reform and opening up, China's university teaching faculty construction has realized marvelous achievements. However, in comparison with the higher education in developed countries, in China the construction of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Cox, Milton
D. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
This paper traces the history and impact of communities of practice (CoPs) in supporting early-career academics, although the primary focus here in the United States is on the faculty learning community (FLC) model, a special type of CoP in higher education. The initial development of this model, beginning in 1979, takes place over two decades at…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Faculty, Tenure, Teacher Characteristics
Palermo, Josephine – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
For the past 30?years, beginning with the seminal work of Herbert Marsh in Australia and New Zealand, institutions of higher education have developed internal practices and procedures to collect and analyse student evaluations of teaching and learning. However, the question remains: has this development resulted in the achievement of institutional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement
