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Out from the shadows : conversations with women who teach part-time in community colleges

Creator:: McNair, Delores E.
Abstract:: This phenomenological study explores what it means to teach part-time in community colleges in the United States. The increasing use of part-time faculty in community colleges and the concomitant emergence of a two-tiered faculty are discussed. The study examines the nature of part-time work in the United States, thus providing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Dyer, Campus Vice President, College of the Redwoods in Crescent City, California; and Dr. Jennifer F

Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

Creator:: Fowler-Hill, Sandra A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: principles of a learning-centered college provided the frame of reference for the study. The hiring

Learning, teaching, leading : a patchwork of stories from a non-traditional life

Creator:: Zinn, Wilkins-O'Riley
Abstract:: This autoethnographic research explores learning, teaching, and leading from the perspective of an adult woman who is both a nontraditional student and a non-traditional worker in the academy. Because she returned to school at the age of forty to earn a bachelor's degree, and is currently an associate professor of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Community college faculty experiences with learner outcomes and the influence on professional practice

Creator:: Davis, Marilyn Ellen
Abstract:: The study was designed to determine how learner outcomes, one aspect of a comprehensive assessment plan at an urban community college in the Northwest, may have influenced professional practice. Research subjects were selected from a group of forty-four faculty who participated in a college sponsored professional development activity. The purpose...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on July 22, 2002. Title: Community College Faculty

Inside a school-university partnership : Participation in a community of practice as professional growth

Creator:: Bottoms, SueAnn I.
Abstract:: Research suggests that long-term participation in professional development is critical in helping teachers meet the increasing demands of reform efforts and changing practice (Gallucci, 2003; Darling-Hammond, 1995; Little, 1993). Understanding the influence that participation in a community of teachers as a community of practice may have on teachers’ professional growth...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: on teachers’ professional growth requires a deeper understanding of those aspects of teacher

Innovativeness and acceptance of retirement housing of faculty pre-retirees at selected Thai universities

Creator:: Buasri, Virajada
Abstract:: Changing demographics and lifestyles in Thailand are eroding traditional patterns of family support for the elderly. Caring for the elderly within the family structure is no longer assured. However, the concept of living in retirement housing is unfamiliar to most senior Thai citizens. The purpose of this study was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ' 22 promotion efforts also affects the rate of adoption of an innovation; the greater response to

Respecting one’s abilities, or (post)colonial tokenism? : Narrative testimonios of faculty of color working in predominantly white community colleges

Creator:: Samano, Michael Luis
Abstract:: The purpose of this research project was to gain a deeper understanding of the lived experience of faculty of color. More specifically, this project explores how diversity-related workload expectations impact faculty of color who work in predominantly white community colleges. Known by various descriptors, the term used in this research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Pragmatism. The findings encourage community college leaders to engage in critical dialogue about

Faculty development for outcome-based curriculum reform in the community college

Creator:: Webster, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to document a community college faculty development process through which the faculty learned to reconstruct their curriculum around significant learning outcomes and authentic assessment strategies. The following questions focused the inquiry: 1. What kind of organizational support systems were necessary for the faculty to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Experiences of community college faculty in developing discipline specific educational master plans at American River College

Creator:: Lorimer, Susan L.
Abstract:: Today's community colleges are challenged to respond to rapidly changing internal and external environments. Their responses must promote highly responsive and relevant programs and services, while keeping intact the strengths of community colleges--access, student success, and a focus on teaching and learning. Further, these responses must occur in the context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College Faculty in Developing Discipline Srecific Educational Master Plans at American River CoIIee

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

Creator:: Zmetana, Katherine
Abstract:: This phenomenological research study focused on educational change as perceived by 16 Liberal Arts faculty members at a Pacific Northwest community college. Research data were collected through in-depth dialogic interviews and a follow-up dialogue session with six participants. The principal guiding research questions comprised the following: 1) What is the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College Facult Perspective. Abstract approved: George H. Copa This phenomenological research study

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Out from the shadows : conversations with women who teach part-time in community colleges

Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

Learning, teaching, leading : a patchwork of stories from a non-traditional life

Community college faculty experiences with learner outcomes and the influence on professional practice

Inside a school-university partnership : Participation in a community of practice as professional growth

Innovativeness and acceptance of retirement housing of faculty pre-retirees at selected Thai universities

Respecting one’s abilities, or (post)colonial tokenism? : Narrative testimonios of faculty of color working in predominantly white community colleges

Faculty development for outcome-based curriculum reform in the community college

Experiences of community college faculty in developing discipline specific educational master plans at American River College

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

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