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Shaping the Future of Higher Education: Practical, Community-Driven Initiatives to Improve Academic Climate
In this Editorial, we present the history and details of a collaborative effort to improve the academic climate of the Department of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Advising and Mentoring, Diversity/Inclusion, Cultural Competency, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Learning Communities, Academic Support, Outreach:Policy Change
Grassroots Efforts To Quantify and Improve the Academic Climate of an R1 STEM Department: Using Evidence-Based Discussions To Foster Community
Here, we present the outcomes of a graduate-student-led initiative that sought to assess the issues affecting inclusivity, diversity, and wellness within the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. We report how the results of a department-tailored academic climate survey were used to develop a method to foster open, productive discussion among graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning
Framing processes and social movements: An overview and assessment
Framing processes and social movements: An overview and assessment A seminal article in sociology/social movements on importance of framing for mobilizing populations for social change. Suggested Citation Benford, ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Outreach:Informal Education
Research-Based Implementation of Peer Instruction: A Literature Review
Research-Based Implementation of Peer Instruction: A Literature Review Review of relevant research in how to implement Peer Instruction effectively. Suggested Citation VIckrey, T., Rosploch, K., Rahmanian, R., ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation
A Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systems
A Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systems We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined it with the literature on institutional ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development
Getting There: An Integrative Vision of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Getting There: An Integrative Vision of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning International J. of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Hutchings, Huber and Ciccone. Suggested Citation Hutchings, P., Huber, ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development
Increasing the use of evidence-based teaching in STEM higher education: A comparison of eight change strategies
Increasing the use of evidence-based teaching in STEM higher education: A comparison of eight change strategies Borrego, M., & Henderson, C. Builds on work by Henderson et al., further analyzing the four ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development, Institutional Systems
Exploring the dynamics of organizational learning: identifying the decision chains science and math faculty use to plan and teach undergraduate courses
Exploring the dynamics of organizational learning: identifying the decision chains science and math faculty use to plan and teach undergraduate courses Hora and Hunter. Describes organizational learning theory as ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development, Institutional Systems
Scientific Teaching: Defining a Taxonomy of Observable Practices
Scientific Teaching: Defining a Taxonomy of Observable Practices Couch et al. Describes development of a taxonomy of the core elements of scientific teaching, including pedagogical goals, practices, behaviors, ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Outreach:Presentations/Talks
Navigating the problem space of academic work
Navigating the problem space of academic work Hora. Study of how faculty plan their courses in real world setting, using the idea of a 'problem space' to examine how faculty construct mental ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Professional Development