ERIC Number: EJ1340329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0194-3081
EISSN: N/A
Lessons from Research and Evaluation on Faculty as Change Agents of Teaching and Campus Reform
Bragg, Debra D.; Eddy, Pamela L.; Iverson, Ellen R.; Hao, Yi; O'Connell, Kristin
New Directions for Community Colleges, n199 p215-228 Fall 2022
This chapter presents research and evaluation results on the SAGE 2YC project's intentional focus on a cycle of change rooted in modeling evidence-based pedagogies and facilitating change in teaching and leadership among faculty peers on multiple levels. Based on five years of qualitative and quantitative data involving 40 community colleges and 80 full-time and adjunct STEM faculty, results showed that faculty change agents increased their use of evidence-based teaching and faculty leadership roles. Changes in pedagogy contributed to improved course completion rates and reduced equity gaps between demographically diverse student groups. Carefully honed professional development strategies offered valuable lessons on supporting faculty learning, scaffolding and sharing lessons learned among faculty peers, and faculty leadership of campus reforms.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Change Agents, STEM Education, Educational Change, Outcomes of Education, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Leadership, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Faculty Development
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1525593; 1524605; 1524623; 1524800; 1835935