Research and Teaching: A New "Class" of Undergraduate Professors: Examining Teaching Beliefs and Practices of Science Faculty With Education Specialties

by: Tracie Addy, Patricia Simmons, Grant E. Gardner, and Jennifer Albert

This articles highlights the teaching beliefs and classroom practices of a sample of science faculty with educational specialties (SFES) to promote the importance of understanding these attributes in faculty embedded within disciplinary departments involved in improving science teaching and learning. We found that the teaching beliefs of SFES in the sample were consistent with student-centered pedagogies and their classroom practices were more transitional.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2015Stock # jcst15_044_03_91Volume 044Issue 03

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