Open Access11: Faculty Development that Transforms the Undergraduate Experience at a Research University
Author(s) -
Smith Kathleen S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2001.tb00531.x
Subject(s) - undergraduate research , undergraduate education , mathematics education , center (category theory) , commission , pedagogy , engineering ethics , sociology , medical education , psychology , political science , engineering , medicine , chemistry , law , crystallography
Rethinking the undergraduate experience at research universities is a necessary goal for the new millennium according to the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates (1998). Faculty development efforts provide a starting place for a transformation of the traditional teaching‐learning model. This essay describes the faculty development support structure included in a FIPSE sponsored program to promote learning by inquiry. The Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) at the University of Georgia meshes teaching and research so that undergraduate students become participants in the strengths of a research university by becoming part of a community of learners.