ERIC Number: EJ774388
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 10
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Hard Lessons: The Transition from Graduate TA to Regional Branch Campus Science Professor
Hay, Michael T.; Deutsch, Peter
Journal of Faculty Development, v20 n3 p167-176 Nov 2005
The experiences of a chemistry professor and a physics professor at a regional branch campus of Penn State University are described. In both instances, the faculty members had previously served as teaching assistants at a research intensive institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The unique pedagogical struggles involved in teaching at a two-year regional branch campus of a research I university are described. The underlying challenge both faculty members address is the need to present research I caliber science courses designed by faculty at a research I university to regional branch campus students, many of whom are poorly prepared academically. The academic adjustments used by both faculty members to address this challenge are described and include: enforcing entrance exams and course prerequisites, collecting and grading homework, providing study guide handouts, integrating the lecture and the laboratory, and providing frequent one-on-one coaching to the students in a variety of settings. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Multicampus Colleges, Teaching Assistants, College Faculty, College Science, Two Year Colleges, Educational Strategies, Admission Criteria, Prerequisites, Homework, Study Guides, Integrated Activities, Lecture Method, Science Laboratories, Tutors, Career Development, College Instruction, Teacher Education, Educational Environment, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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