Athletics reform and faculty perceptions

A Vision and Change Reform of Introductory Biology Shifts Faculty Perceptions and Use of Active Learning

Increasing faculty use of active-learning (AL) pedagogies in college classrooms is a persistent challenge in biology education. A large research-intensive university implemented changes to its biology majors' two-course introductory sequence as outlined by the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education final report. One goal of the curricular reform was to integrate core biological co...

Faculty Orientations Toward Instructional Reform

Issue 5 Some of the most promising developmental education innovations require that instructors significantly change their classroom practice. For example, instructors may be asked to teach to a more heterogeneous group of students, prepare students for statistics rather than algebra, or attend more explicitly to students’ nonacademic needs. Responsibility for cultivating such behavioral change...

Nursing faculty academic incivility: perceptions of nursing students and faculty

BACKGROUND Incivility in nursing education can adversely affect the academic environment, the learning outcomes, and safety. Nursing faculty (NF) and nursing students (NS) contribute to the academic incivility. Little is known about the extent of NF academic incivility in the Middle East region. This study aimed at exploring the perceptions and extent of NF academic incivility in an undergradua...

Faculty Perceptions of Undergraduate Teaching

Faculty Perceptions and Participation in Distance Education

INTRODUCTION Research in the field of distance education has recognized the need for a change and modification of the faculty role in teaching at a distance technological advancements are an important part of the distance-learning environment, basic changes in teaching methods, technique, and motivation are needed to make distance education more effective (Purdy & Wright, 1992). Many studies ci...