Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2006
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2006) 24
doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0024.022
Abstract
To enhance new faculty members’ chances for teaching and career success, Otterbein College piloted a yearlong learning community program and encouraged first-year faculty to participate. Four new faculty members took part in opportunities designed to enhance their teaching, to orient them more fully to a new institution and student body, to foster collegial community, to encourage reflective practice, and to introduce them to the scholarship of teaching and learning. This qualitative case study tracks their developmental trajectory, which led them from an initial concern with self and survival to an eventual focus on student learning.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND