Open Access6: Looking at Ourselves: The Quality of Life of Faculty Development Professionals
Author(s) -
Brinko Kathleen T.,
Atkins Sally S.,
Miller Marian E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2004.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - lifelong learning , professional development , stressor , work (physics) , psychology , medical education , balance (ability) , quality (philosophy) , faculty development , pedagogy , personal development , medicine , engineering , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , psychotherapist
Responses to a questionnaire revealed that faculty development professionals typically juggle several roles—which they find to be energizing—and typically balance multiple challenges and stressors—which they feel they handle well. These faculty developers are enthusiastic about and, in many cases, sustained by their work because they find opportunities for lifelong learning, professional growth, and meaningful work.