Innovations in Conversations About Teaching: Beyond the Workshop

The edited book offers innovative alternatives to fixed-schedule faculty development workshops, focusing on connections that lead to self-sustaining growth and development. It is designed for higher education administrators, faculty, and staff responsible for teaching and learning, providing detailed descriptions of faculty development initiatives across different institutions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2021
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Centers for teaching and learning are facing a common challenge: how to provide transformative learning experiences to faculty who are not required to engage with our services. To address this dilemma, Maria B. Hopkins and Rachel Bailey Jones propose a shift away from the traditional workshop model of faculty development and towards a model that fosters the connections among faculty that lead to self-sustaining growth and development.

In their edited book, "Innovative Alternatives to Fixed-Schedule Faculty Development Workshops," the authors offer a wide range of innovative alternatives to fixed-schedule faculty development workshops, which are often attended by faculty due to the increasing complexity of their professional lives. The target audience for this book includes higher education administrators, faculty, and staff responsible for faculty development related to teaching and learning.

Each chapter in the book provides a detailed description of a faculty development initiative in practice, offering opportunities for creativity, adaptability, and collaboration among faculty. The book showcases initiatives from public, private, and community colleges, small and large, research-focused and teaching-focused institutions, providing a diverse range of perspectives and experiences.

The editors of this book undertook this project because they wished they had access to such a resource when they began their work as directors of the teaching lab at their institution. They believe that this book will be valuable to others who are seeking to enhance the teaching and learning experiences of their faculty and to create a culture of continuous improvement in higher education.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 225 x 150 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433185144
Edition number: New ed