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The Effects of Doctoral Teaching Development on Early-Career STEM Scholars' College Teaching Self-Efficacy
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Connolly, Mark R.; Lee, You-Geon; Savoy, Julia N. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
To help prepare future faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to teach undergraduates, more research universities are offering teaching development (TD) programs to doctoral students who aspire to academic careers. Using social cognitive career theory, we examine the effects of TD programs on early-career STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Scholarship, College Instruction, College Science
The Effects of Doctoral Teaching Development on Early-Career STEM Scholars' College-Teaching Self-Efficacy. WCER Working Paper No. 2015-1
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Connolly, Mark R.; Lee, You-Geon – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2015
As a result of increased national emphasis on preparing future faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to teach undergraduates, more research universities offer teaching development (TD) programs to doctoral students who aspire to academic careers. Using social cognitive career theory, we examine the effects of these…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, STEM Education, Self Efficacy
Supporting K-12 Online Learners: Developing a Mentorship Program
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Edwards, Clea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Online education is unique in part for the relatively high degrees of autonomy afforded learners. Self-direction and self-regulation, along with support, are essential for students to succeed. The site of this action research project was a new, small online public charter school for middle and high school students, Foothills Academy Connected…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires, Ethnography
Toward a More Explicit Doctoral Pedagogy
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Garrett, Pamela S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to understand the key constructs and processes underlying the mentoring relationships between doctoral students and their mentors. First, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to evaluate the measurement structure underlying the 34-item Ideal Mentor Scale (IMS; Rose, 2003), followed by…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Mentors, College Faculty
Where Did You Come From? Where Will You Go? Human Evolutionary Biology Education and American Students' Academic Interests and Achievements, Professional Goals, and Socioscientific Decision-Making
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Schrein, Caitlin M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In the United States, there is a national agenda to increase the number of qualified science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) professionals and a movement to promote science literacy among the general public. This project explores the association between formal human evolutionary biology education (HEB) and high school science class…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Evolution
Influences of Globalization on K-12 Language Teacher Education Programs
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Singh, Navin Kumar – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of globalization on K-12 language teacher education at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in terms of multilingual practices in the US, with reference to an English-only-state, Arizona. This study explored influences of globalization on K-12 language education practices in the US through teacher…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers