The authors developed the Skills of Inquiry (SoI) model accompanied by a logic model to assess and evaluate faculty members teaching online. The Skills of Inquiry is based on faculty members' abilities to understand the online environments, skills development on online teaching, and acquisition of specific online skills. The Skills of Inquiry…

This chapter presents the experiences of adjunct faculty in the "SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents" project through the stories of five participants who share the influence of the project on them and their work. We describe the professional development that occurred in the project, which included learning with colleagues from across the…

Recent proliferation of participatory performance forms has prompted debate on the agency of participants. Consideration of agential potential must go beyond the enactment of the work, however, to assess how participatory experiences can be self-documented and how such records may inform artistic pedagogy. Through discussion of a creative learning…

Context: Athletic trainers (ATs) possess moderate levels of cultural knowledge and awareness but a lower capacity to demonstrate culturally competent clinical behaviors. Proven educational strategies for improving culturally responsive care have yet to emerge. Intergroup dialogue is a pedagogical approach that may bridge the knowledge-to-practice…

Focusing on health education as its context, this article considers the question of how to equip students with strategies to identify and resist misinformation. In doing so, it confronts a key problem for health services nationally and globally, which is the problem of entrenched compartmentalisation. The relationship between these two key issues…

The study examines how a training workshop on teaching in a recently introduced active learning classroom at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) helps faculty participants integrate active learning and shift their teaching to an active learning classroom. A case study approach was employed, with data collected through surveys, interviews, and…

The purpose of this study is to investigate the lived experiences of department chairs who participated in leadership training to determine if it added value in preparing them to be effective in their role. More specifically, the study focused on department chairs who attended the Department Chair Workshop hosted by the Institute for Academic…

This workshop brings together research on self-reflection tools and frameworks focusing on the development of digital skills and competences in Education. The workshop reported mainly on work about SELFIE and SELFIEforTEACHERS two self-reflection tools developed by JRC in collaboration with DG-EAC. The aim of this workshop was to compile the…

Unsustainable palm oil production is having a devastating impact on biodiversity in producing countries in Southeast Asia. Certification schemes for sustainable palm oil have the potential to reduce these impacts. The ubiquity of palm oil in processed foods found in supermarkets is a challenge that requires intervention at the policy level and…

New reforms and the Next Generation Science Standards call for three-dimensional learning through the integration of the crosscutting concepts (CCCs) with the science and engineering practices (SEPs) and disciplinary core ideas (DCIs). However, teachers face challenges in knowing how and why to incorporate the CCCs in their planning and teaching,…

Background: Direct Support Professionals (DSP) work closely with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and can play an important role in helping these individuals get treatment when they are also experiencing mental health concerns (MHC). Methods: We employed a systematic review search techniques to identify 15…

Students seem to encounter various challenges when writing bachelor's and master's theses, indicating a need to support them in their writing processes. In this study, academic writing workshops for students writing bachelor's and master's theses were developed and investigated during three years of a participatory action research project. The…

Process safety remains an area of importance in chemical engineering education. Process safety incidents are tied to individuals' choices that require exercising judgement in weighing competing criteria. While safety is paramount, we need to acknowledge the competing criteria practitioners need to consider (budget, leadership, personal…

There is currently a lack of diversity in the discipline of statistics. In order to provide opportunities within the discipline of statistics to diverse groups, the present study presents a detailed description and evaluation of a one-credit workshop and mentoring program for undergraduate women interested in exploring opportunities within…

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is considered an important ingredient in shaping classroom practice. PCK requires valid measurement at domain-specific level on different components excluding the teaching context. While the research focuses on measuring the PCK of unqualified teachers and pre-service teachers, the description of qualified…