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How Academic Associations Seek to Improve Undergraduate Education Reforms in STEM: Case Studies of Six Leading Associations.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	How Academic Associations Seek to Improve Undergraduate Education Reforms in STEM: Case Studies of Six Leading Associations./
作者:	Griffiths, Rebecca J.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
面頁冊數:	249 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-03, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-03A.
標題:	Higher education. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28000062
ISBN:	9798664791709

How Academic Associations Seek to Improve Undergraduate Education Reforms in STEM: Case Studies of Six Leading Associations.
Griffiths, Rebecca J.

How Academic Associations Seek to Improve Undergraduate Education Reforms in STEM: Case Studies of Six Leading Associations. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 249 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-03, Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

National leaders have called for improvements in STEM undergraduate education to improve student outcomes and to raise success rates for increasingly diverse students. Evidence indicates that reforms in curriculum and pedagogy can deepen conceptual understanding, improve academic achievement, and help to close achievement gaps. Traditional methods and curriculum, however, continue to prevail in undergraduate STEM courses. Major reform efforts that focus on policy and institutional transformation often fail to penetrate classrooms. Academic associations play a critical role in shaping norms and setting standards in their disciplines, but their role in undergraduate education reforms has not been systematically examined. Through case studies of six leading associations in four fields, this study sheds light on how these organizations seek to improve undergraduate education. This study found that these associations have all incorporated undergraduate education into their missions, but their historical engagement and current types of activities vary widely. Several associations have led significant efforts to strengthen undergraduate programs and foster more inclusive environments in their fields, while others have taken more tentative steps to engage with education. This study revealed incongruities between these associations' missions, organizational structures and processes, resources, and activities. These incongruities may become more pronounced as information technology jeopardizes the value of some core activities and as member needs evolve. Opportunities for improvement include deeper integration of education and education research in conferences and publications; elevating education and education research more consistently and prominently through official statements, awards, and communications; building competencies in network development and collaboration; enabling activists to mobilize existing structures; and modernizing organizational structures and processes. Associations can also consider strategies to pursue reform initiatives that are larger in scale, that aim towards deeper changes in departmental culture and programs, and that address the needs of more diverse faculty members.

ISBN: 9798664791709Subjects--Topical Terms:

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