Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2008

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2008) 26

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0026.018

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

This chapter describes how we incorporated project-based learning into a yearlong faculty development program at a research-intensive private university located in the Midwest. This inquiry-based approach fosters critical reflection on teaching and promotes learner-focused teaching in a manner that encourages deeper student approaches to learning. We use case studies, drawn from critical accounts of faculty projects, to illustrate a model that depicts how faculty understand improvement in their teaching and to identify key program elements that facilitated the adoption of learning-focused teaching practices by our participants.

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