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Comparing Swedish and Norwegian Teachers' Professional Development: How Human Capital and Social Capital Factor into Teachers' Reading Habits
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Reichenberg, Monica; Andreassen, Rune – Reading Psychology, 2018
The present study compares how Swedish (n = 340) and Norwegian (n = 236) teachers' human capital and social capital support reading habits as an aspect of professional development. The overall aim was to describe how teachers' human and social capital support their professional development as measured by the aspect of reading habits during leisure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Faculty Development, Human Capital
Redefining the Role of Senior Faculty at a Research University.
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Jackson, William K.; Simpson, Ronald D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
With federal aid, the University of Georgia at Athens has developed a program that increases senior faculty involvement in undergraduate instruction. In a year-long seminar, senior faculty members work with junior faculty, teaching assistants, and campus faculty development staff to improve introductory-level instruction. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, College Instruction, Cooperation
Building Coalitions for Faculty Revitalization: The Case of Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.
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Braid, Bernice – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
Fiscal threats mobilized a coalition of administrators and senior faculty at Long Island University's Brooklyn (New York) campus to address student retention. Drawing on collaborative curricular models from the honors program, the coalition created mutually reinforcing faculty development initiatives, to the benefit of both faculty retention and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Role, Age Differences, College Faculty