Open Access15: “It's Hard Work!”: Faculty Development in a Program for First‐Year Students
Author(s) -
Stassen Martha L. A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2000.tb00373.x
Subject(s) - medical education , faculty development , qualitative research , psychology , work (physics) , pedagogy , mathematics education , professional development , sociology , medicine , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering
Academic programs designed specifically for first‐year students provide an important opportunity for faculty growth. This chapter contributes to the limited literature on this topic through a qualitative analysis of interviews with faculty members who taught in an experimental living‐learning community for first‐year students at a Research I Public University. The analysis suggests at least four dimensions of faculty growth as a result of their involvement in first‐year programs. In addition to outlining the types of impact this experience has on the faculty involved, the article suggests the implications of these findings for faculty development.