Description
Book SynopsisSince the first edition of
A Guide to Faculty Development was published in 2002, the dynamic field of educational and faculty development has undergone many changes. Prepared under the auspices of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), this thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded edition offers a fundamental resource for faculty developers, as well as for faculty and administrators interested in promoting and sustaining faculty development within their institutions. This essential book offers an introduction to the topic, includes twenty-three chapters by leading experts in the field, and provides the most relevant information on a range of faculty development topics including establishing and sustaining a faculty development program; the key issues of assessment, diversity, and technology; and faculty development across institutional types, career stages, and organizations.
This volume contains the gallant story of the emergence
Table of Contents
Preface ix
About the Authors xiii
Part One Establishing and Sustaining a Faculty Development Program
1. Overview of Faculty Development: History and Choices 3
Mathew L. Ouellett
2. Program Types and Prototypes 21
Virginia S. Lee
3. Establishing an Educational Development Program 35
Douglas L. Robertson
4. Working with a Faculty Development Committee 53
Kim M. Mooney
5. Listen, Learn, Lead: Getting Started in Faculty Development 67
Margaret W. Cohen
6. Important Skills and Knowledge 83
Todd D. Zakrajsek
7. Promoting Your Program and Grounding It in the Institution 99
Ed Neal and Iola Peed-Neal
8. Practical Suggestions for Programs and Activities 117
Donna E. Ellis and Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens
Part Two Key Priorities in Faculty Development: Assessment, Diversity, and Technology
9. Program Assessment for Faculty Development 135
Kathryn M. Plank and Alan Kalish
10. Assessing Teaching Practices and Effectiveness for Formative Purposes 151
Michael Theall and Jennifer L. Franklin
11. Assessment Practices Related to Student Learning: Transformative Assessment 169
Catherine M. Wehlburg
12. Overview of Diversity Issues Relating to Faculty Development 185
Mathew L. Ouellett
13. Conceptualizing, Designing, and Implementing Multicultural Faculty Development Activities 203
Christine A. Stanley
14. Working with Underrepresented Faculty 225
Franklin Tuitt
15. International Faculty Development: Pursuing Our Work with Colleagues Around the World 243
Nancy Van Note Chism, David Gosling, and Mary Deane Sorcinelli
16. Issues in Technology and Faculty Development 259
Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Part Three Faculty Development Across Institutional Types, Career Stages, and Organizations
17. Effective Practices at Research Universities: The Productive Pairing of Research and Teaching 277
Constance Ewing Cook and Michele Marincovich
18. Effective Practices in the Context of Small Colleges 293
Michael Reder
19. Faculty Development in the Context of the Community College 309
Helen Burnstad and Cynthia J. Hoss
20. Graduate and Professional Student Development Programs 327
Laura L. B. Border and Linda M. von Hoene
21. Working with Adjunct Faculty Members 347
Terri A. Tarr
22. Supporting Faculty Members Across Their Careers 363
Ann E. Austin
23. Organizational Development 379
Kay J. Gillespie
Afterword by William H. Bergquist 397
Epilogue 419
Name Index 421
Subject Index 429
