Open AccessCreating a Supportive Teaching Culture in the Research University Context: Strategic Partnering and Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between a Teaching Center and Academic Units
Author(s) -
Brown Marie Kendall,
Ralston Patricia A. S.,
Baumgartner Kathy B.,
Schreck Melissa A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/tia2.20018
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , unit (ring theory) , faculty development , metropolitan area , medical education , teaching and learning center , center (category theory) , sociology , pedagogy , engineering ethics , teaching method , psychology , mathematics education , engineering , medicine , professional development , paleontology , pathology , biology , chemistry , crystallography
This paper describes 2 “strategic partnering” and “interdisciplinary collaboration” case studies between a Center for Teaching and Learning ( CTL ) and an academic unit at a mid‐sized metropolitan research university in the American Midwest. These faculty development partnerships were developed to meet the unique needs of faculty members who share a discipline area, present current information on specific teaching topics in order to deepen pedagogical knowledge and skills, provide opportunities for faculty to form a collegial group, and advance unit‐specific goals relative to faculty development. The work is grounded in literature about the characteristics of a supportive teaching culture, characteristics of effective interdisciplinary collaborations, challenges of preparing faculty to conduct scholarly teaching, and in literature about the role of faculty development in advancing institutional change.