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Using a Faculty Learning Community to Promote Interdisciplinary Course Reform

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: As part of a multi-institution, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant-funded project, Ferris State University (FSU) joins a national effort to reform mathematics curricula. Researchers from FSU developed and facilitated a faculty learning community (FLC) as one strategy to redesign the traditional approach to the quantitative reasoning skill development of students in the departments of mathematics, nursing, social work, and the College of Business. Over the course of one academic year, the FLC provided an interdisciplinary faculty connection to develop pedagogical approaches that integrated cross-curricular concepts and context from each discipline. The FLC not only produced uniquely designed, learning-centered approaches to teaching quantitative reasoning but created a sense of community and camaraderie that promoted faculty development and the scholarship of teaching.

Source: VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University)

DOI: 10.25891/c0m8-6v73

Authors: Bishop, Rhonda, Piercey, Victor, Stone, Mischelle

Language: English

Topic: Evaluation of Teaching Practices

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3048974802

FWCI: 1.274

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Cited by: 4

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