ERIC Number: EJ1058284
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 6
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Experiences of New Faculty in a Transitional Institution
Yeo, Michelle; Bennett, Deb; Merkley, Cari; McNichol, Jane; Osakwe, Carlton; Pada, Carolyn
Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, v3 p153-158 2010
This research project studies the induction and socialization of new faculty at Mount Royal University, recently transitioned from college to undergraduate university status. There is extensive documentation in the literature on issues faced by new faculty in post-secondary institutions; however, very little is published on how a culture in flux may complicate this socialization. This project uses interpretive inquiry to study the experience over three successive years of new faculty experience. We use themes found in the prior literature of stress, time, socialization, and evaluation to structure our initial findings, but propose that a more complex framework is required to understand new faculty experience under these conditions of institutional transformation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Orientation, Socialization, Universities, School Culture, Educational Change, Teaching Experience, Time, Anxiety, Faculty Evaluation, Entry Workers
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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: Canada (Calgary)
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