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Publication Date: 2019-Oct
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Global Awareness Dialogue Project: Exploring Potential for Faculty Transformation through a Professional Development Series
Senyshyn, Roxanna M.; Smith, Paula
Journal of Transformative Education, v17 n4 p318-336 Oct 2019
This article examines a faculty professional development program aimed at engaging faculty in an ongoing discussion about global awareness and the practices surrounding teaching and learning in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom. The program is modeled on two key components: the engagement of undergraduate students and faculty in a structured dialogue outside the classroom and the contributions of experts to faculty discussions to locate and contextualize best practices. The initiative's potential to affect faculty perspectives is explored through a transformative learning framework. Short-term and long-term assessments show that participants were motivated to improve and implement new instructional practices.
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Transformative Learning, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Learning Processes, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Best Practices, Teacher Motivation, Social Change, State Universities, Immigrants, English Language Learners, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Seminars, Student Diversity, Cultural Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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