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Playing in the Sandbox: A Narrative Approach to Faculty Development
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Bodily, Brett Hogan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This narrative inquiry captures the stories of three newly-hired professors struggling to assimilate into Metro Community College's social environment. My work first presents Samantha's metaphor: a sandbox campus wherein employees work in isolation, building individual sandcastles. This metaphor evokes an imaginative way to interpret and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Adjustment (to Environment)