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Why Gateway‐Course Improvement Should Matter to Academic Discipline Associations and What They Can Do to Address the Issues
Author(s) -
Brookins Julia,
Swafford Emily
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20263
Subject(s) - discipline , gateway (web page) , higher education , medical education , association (psychology) , academic advising , pedagogy , work (physics) , psychology , graduate students , sociology , mathematics education , political science , medicine , social science , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , world wide web , law , psychotherapist
Academic faculty members often maintain strong identities based on the primary discipline of their graduate training and teaching. While teaching cultures differ across fields, disciplinary associations like the American Historical Association have been active in supporting student‐centered curricular work.