In Search of a New Paradigm for Higher Education: A Case Analysis of Faculty Experiences in the First Year of a New University.

Autor/in	Gonzalez, Kenneth P.
Titel	In Search of a New Paradigm for Higher Education: A Case Analysis of Faculty Experiences in the First Year of a New University.
Quelle	(1996), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Studie; Case Studies; College Administration; College Faculty; College Instruction; Decision Making; Educational Attitudes; Educational Change; Higher Education; Outcome Based Education; Social Structure; Social Theories; State Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Fakultät; Hochschullehre; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernerfolgsmessung; Sozialstruktur; Gesellschaftstheorie; Staatliche Universität
Abstract	This study examined the experiences of faculty members in the first year of a new university. Twelve faculty at the new institution were interviewed and observed during the 1995-96 academic year. The analysis presented in this paper is based on one particular interview. Overall, six concrete universals were found during the analysis: (1) the advertisement and the formation of culture; (2) the faculty retreat and the reinforcement of the university culture; (3) working within a system and the encounter of technical structural constraints; (4) interdisciplinary, outcome-based education and the cultural constraints of the traditional paradigm; (5) decision making and constraints related to power relationships; and (6) influencing change--individual and collective agency. Although initially highly optimistic about the possibilities presented by the new institution, faculty went through key moments that constrained their ability to implement aspects of the university's vision, such as outcome-based learning and assessment. The results are discussed in light of social theory, specifically structuralism, interactionism, human agency, and social constructivism. (Contains 11 references.) (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01