Presentation
Research on university faculty members reasoning about how departments change
American Association of Physics Teachers
(2018)
Abstract
Research on institutional change says that effective change agents are able to flexibly reason with multiple
perspectives on change, depending on their local context and their goals. However, little is known about what
this flexible reasoning looks like. In this exploratory work, we conducted and analyzed interviews in which
faculty discussed departmental change. This work is part of an ongoing study to understand how to support
departmental change through Departmental Action Teams (DATs). Our preliminary analyses suggest that faculty
have multiple context-dependent ways to reason about change. This work will lead to a better understanding of
how productive lines of reasoning can be leveraged in faculty communities that are trying to create change.
Disciplines
Publication Date
August, 2018
Location
Washington D.C.
DOI
10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Quan
Comments
This article was originally presented at the 2018 Physics Education Research Conference and can also be found at this link.
©2018, AAPT PERTG
Citation Information
Gina M. Quan, Joel Corbo, Courtney Ngai, Daniel L. Reinholz, et al.. "Research on university faculty members reasoning about how departments change" American Association of Physics Teachers (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gina-quan/7/
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