Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Keywords
Learning community, Physics faculties, Teaching practices, Value creation
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of College Science Teaching
Volume
53
Issue
5
First Page
523
Last Page
531
Abstract
Faculty online learning communities (FOLCs) can help faculty effectively adopt and persist in using research-based curricula. This paper documents faculty perspectives on the value they gained from participating in a multi-year FOLC designed to help them implement an inquiry-based physical science curriculum. Personal value narratives were collected from 11 volunteer FOLC participants. In the narratives, participants responded to prompts regarding their initial reasons for participation, activities they engaged in, and values they gained, as well as how participation impacted their profession, social connections, professional practice, and ability to influence their world as teachers. Qualitative analysis shows that the values faculty gained through their participation in the FOLC could be associated with four major areas of impact: teaching, community, leadership and personal development. The first two aligned with the initial goals of the FOLC, while the latter two emerged organically through participation over its four-year duration. The methods used to assess value creation in the NGPET FOLC and the findings from this study can inform other professionals who aspire to create and sustain a long-standing faculty development community and understand its impacts.
Department
Department of Physics
Original Publication Date
7-24-2024
Object Description
1 PDF File
DOI of published version
10.1080/0047231X.2024.2373018
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2024 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Goldberg, Fred; Price, Edward; Basir, Mo; Escalada, Lawrence; Maier, Steve; Sahyun, Steven; Snyder, Tamara D.; and Zeng, Liang, "Value Creation in a Pedagogically-Focused Faculty Online Learning Community" (2024). Faculty Publications. 6521.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6521
Comments
First published in Journal of College Science Teaching, v53i5 published by Taylor & Francis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2024.2373018