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Limeri, Lisa B.; Musgrove, Miranda M. Chen; Henry, Meredith A.; Schussler, Elisabeth E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
To promote undergraduate education reform, teaching professional development (TPD) efforts aim to encourage instructors to adopt evidence-based practices. However, many instructors do not attend TPD. There may be many reasons for this, including low intrinsic motivation to participate in TPD. Psychologists have dealt with motivational barriers in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Participation, Faculty Development
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Locklin, Reid B. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2010
Educational theorist Richard Kiely highlights the central importance of "high intensity dissonance" in successful international service-learning. This essay applies Kiely's model of dissonance and transformative learning to Intercordia, an international service-learning program offered at the University of St. Michael's College and the…
Descriptors: Program Design, Transformative Learning, Service Learning, Foreign Countries
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Jacobs, Gerard A. – American Psychologist, 2007
Humanitarian psychological support as an organized field is relatively young. Pioneers in the field were involved primarily in providing psychological support to refugees and internally displaced persons in conflict and nonconflict situations. This article describes basic principles for the design of psychological support programs and…
Descriptors: First Aid, Program Design, Mentors, International Organizations