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| Abstract Title: | Capacity-Building as an Orienting Goal for Departmental Action Teams |
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| Abstract: | Much of faculty development around teaching has focused on activities like disseminating curriculum, teaching the implementation of research-based instructional strategies, or (more rarely) cultivating reflective teachers. In our work with Departmental Action Teams (DATs), we take an alternative approach to faculty (and student and staff) development by focusing on individual and group capacity-building: we ask, "What are the ways in which DAT participants, both as individuals and as a group, need to grow in order to effect change in their departments?" Here, we define "capacity" as a collection of skills, knowledge, and other resources that are useful for accomplishing a particular outcome, which in the case of a DAT is departmental change around undergraduate education. We focus on several capacities useful for DATs that have not typically been addressed in the faculty development literature, including understanding change processes, understanding local departmental contexts, and being effective collaborators. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session III |
| Poster Number: | C13 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Joel C. Corbo University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Gina M Quan, University of Colorado Boulder Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University Mary E Pilgrim, Colorado State University |
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