Through the Eyes of Faculty: Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Zagallo, Patricia; McCourt, Jill; Idsardi, Robert; Smith, Michelle K.; Urban-Lurain, Mark; Andrews, Tessa C.; Haudek, Kevin; Knight, Jennifer K.; Merrill, John; Nehm, Ross; Prevost, Luanna B.; Lemons, Paula P.
Titel	Through the Eyes of Faculty: Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development
Quelle	In: CBE - Life Sciences Education, 18 (2019) 2, Artikel 62 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-7913
Schlagwörter	Faculty Development; College Faculty; Science Teachers; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Characteristics; Student Centered Learning; College Science; Knowledge Level; Student Needs; Values; Educational Innovation; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrkunst; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Wissensbasis; Wertbegriff; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	College science instructors need continuous professional development (PD) to meet the call to evidence-based practice. New PD efforts need to focus on the nuanced blend of factors that influence instructors' teaching practices. We used persona methodology to describe the diversity among instructors who were participating in a long-term PD initiative. Persona methodology originates from ethnography. It takes data from product users and compiles those data in the form of fictional characters. Personas facilitate user-centered design. We identified four personas among our participants: Emma the Expert views herself as the subject-matter expert in the classroom and values her hard-earned excellence in lecturing. Ray the Relater relates to students and focuses on their points of view about innovative pedagogies. Carmen the Coach coaches her students by setting goals for them and helping them develop skill in scientific practices. Beth the Burdened owns the responsibility for her students' learning and feels overwhelmed that students still struggle despite her use of evidence-based practice. Each persona needs unique PD. We suggest ways that PD facilitators can use our personas as a reflection tool to determine how to approach the learners in their PD. We also suggest further avenues of research on learner-centered PD. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01