Open Access12: Credibility and Effectiveness in Context: An Exploration of the Importance of Faculty Status for Faculty Developers
Author(s) -
Mullinix Bonnie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2008.tb00508.x
Subject(s) - credibility , context (archaeology) , engineering ethics , university faculty , medical education , psychology , political science , medicine , engineering , geography , archaeology , law
This study documents an emerging profile of the faculty status of faculty developers as solicited, compiled, and interactively interpreted with faculty developer practitioners. It used integrated (mixed) methodology and participatory research strategies to gather data and it shares descriptive statistical information on the various positions held by faculty developer respondents; qualitatively analyzed impressions of the importance of faculty status to their credibility and effectiveness as faculty developers; and information regarding respondents' institutional contexts. Findings are further disaggregated across institutional contexts and sex to explore trends, differential perceptions, and other emergent issues as identified by participant researchers.