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Owner: Joe Strickland
Owner Email: joseph.strickland@gwu.edu
Paper Title: Collegial and Departmental Support Matters: An Exploration of Teaching Cultures and Practice
Session Title: Improving Teaching and Teaching Evaluations
Paper Type: Roundtable Presentation
Presentation Date: 4/20/2020
Presentation Location: Online
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Higher Education, Instructional Practices
Methodology: Quantitative
Author(s): Joe Strickland, Indiana University - Bloomington; Kristen Michelle Hengtgen, Indiana University - Bloomington; Allison BrckaLorenz, Indiana University; Thomas F. Nelson Laird, Indiana University
Unit: Division J - Postsecondary Education
Abstract: Even though many colleges and universities are increasingly supporting teaching and learning centers, SoTL, faculty learning communities, and other evidence-based teaching practices, uncertainty still remains regarding the impact of these practices and programs on quality student learning. Often colleges and universities simply give “lip service to the idea” of good teaching, and yet lack organizational commitments and structures to truly support teaching. Using a large-scale, multi-institutional study of teaching cultures, this study explores faculty perceptions of commitment to quality teaching and faculty perceptions of departmental and institutional support for teaching. The results carry implications for departmental and institutional initiatives in support of teaching and the improvement of pedagogical practice towards equitable college student learning.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/1579613