Faculty Teaching Improvement: Opportunities Within a Graduate Student & Faculty Community of Practice

Author Information

Jeremy Elliott-Engel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityFollow
Donna Westfall-Rudd, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityFollow

Submission Purpose

Main Conference

Type of Proposal

Paper: Empirical

Abstract

Improving higher-education teaching is a growing focus on American colleges. A program was developed to train current PhD students in effective pedagogy practices. The Community of Practice resulted in current teaching faculty pedagogical improvement.

Keywords

Community of Practice (CoP); college teaching; professional development; Qualitative methodology

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Recommended Citation

Elliott-Engel, J., & Westfall-Rudd, D. (2018). Faculty Teaching Improvement: Opportunities Within a Graduate Student & Faculty Community of Practice. Adult Education Research Conference. https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2018/papers/2 test="theme.id eq '2020'>(conference cancelled)