Open AccessWiser Together: Sustaining Teaching Excellence With a Self‐Study/Critical Friend
Author(s) -
Smith Tracy W.,
Bradbury Leslie U.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/tia2.20091
Subject(s) - excellence , psychology , sociology , engineering ethics , epistemology , philosophy , engineering
This article examines the development of a self‐study/critical friend (SSCF) model of educational development . The SSCF model provides benefits for the self‐study teacher in the form of personalized, sustained support . The critical friend in the pairing described here also serves as an educational development fellow, so this study provided an experiential development opportunity for her to try a potential model of response, documentation, feedback, and support for a single faculty member. This article describes the rationale, process, and outcomes of a SSCF investigation, a promising model for providing support that is significant, sustained, and individualized to higher education teaching faculty.