This article describes the Teaching4Learning Program for new faculty at the University of Padova, Italy. The program places a strong emphasis on learner-centered teaching, transformative learning, self-directed learning and community of practice, promoting active learning while cultivating critical and creative thinking skills. This innovative…

An educator's self-directed critical reflection on experiences led to the following discoveries about faculty development: articulation of assumptions about educational processes, explication of knowledge claims about development, and identification and examination of faculty development conventions. (SK)