TY  - GEN
A1  - Chance, SM
A1  - Duffy, G
T3  - ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
KW  - faculty learning community
KW  -  change management
KW  -  problem-based learning
KW  -  student-centered learning
KW  -  template analysis
UR  - https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/106/papers/23157/view
PB  - American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
N2  - This research paper provides a case study of experiences of engineering faculty members at a large
public university in Ireland working together to transform their teaching methods. We investigate
eight teachers? experiences of a faculty-led learning community designed to help individuals
transform their courses. This small collection of faculty met regularly to discuss ways to facilitate
and assess students working in groups. Outside the group?s meetings, participants brought
important issues to the forefront of formal and informal discussion with colleagues. Participation
in the learning group encouraged, supported, and helped sustain change. This case study seeks to
provide insight and a conceptual model for implementing changes. In analyzing the mechanisms
that fostered change in one particular program and then interpreting the findings, we draw
conclusions that can help faculty members, program administrators, strategists, and policy makers
facilitate change in their other educational settings.
To understand how key players experienced and achieved change, we conducted in-depth semistructured
interviews with individual faculty members. We used a grounded theory approach
(Strauss & Corbin, 1994) along with template analysis (King, 2004) to study interview transcripts.
All members described having an active champion, an experienced and informed advisor, various
forms of institutional support, and a group of colleagues interested in discussing pedagogy and
implementing new approaches. From this, we distilled a model for encouraging transformation
that holds promise for use elsewhere.
ID  - discovery10059261
N1  - This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
Y1  - 2018///
AV  - public
TI  - A model for spurring organizational change based on faculty experiences working together to implement Problem-Based Learning
ER  -