Reconceptualizing a More Inclusive Faculty Engagement Model: Including and Engaging Part-time Faculty at Community Colleges

ABSTRACT

Because of the importance of faculty engagement to achieve our nationwide student completion goals, this paper comprehensively and critically reviews the conceptualizations of faculty and employee engagement in the extant literature. This review is a means to develop an improved, more inclusive, faculty engagement framework. It is a framework that positions adjunct faculty at community colleges—who have been too often marginalized—as a central group that should also benefit from new engagement models.     

论高等数学的有效教学策略

文章主要结合笔者的教学实践,从学习动机、教学目标、教学方法、数学思想方法等方面就大学课程中《高等数学》的有效教学进行一些探讨。     

Faculty Diversity Internship Programs in California Community Colleges

The disparity between the demographics of California’s community college students and faculty is striking. Specifically, underrepresented minority (URM) students represent the largest population at 49%, yet only 22% of faculty are URM. In 1992, legislation was passed to allow community colleges to establish Faculty Diversity Internship Programs (FDIPs) to “promote inclusive efforts to locate and attract qualified graduate students who are members of monitored groups identified by gender, ethnicity, and disability” (Title 5. Education California Code of Regulations, n.d.). This study used a program evaluation to examine two FDIP sites. The study revealed four benefits of participation: (1) mentorship, (2) teaching experience, (3) professional development, and (4) networking and collaboration opportunities. The study found that although the FDIP does not have a significant impact on increasing faculty diversity, it does have a significant impact on preparing faculty for employment in a diverse community college.     

对工科数学课程体系结构改革的思考

本文对目前工科数学课程体系结构的现状进行了调查和分析,提出了工科数学课程体系结构改革的思路和基本内容.     

小学数学教学生活化的有效策略

数学是一门与生活紧密相连的学科,俗语有云:“学会数理化,走遍全天下。”其中数学位于首位,足以见得数学知识能够很好地解决实际问题。利用生活化教学策略进行数学教学,能够让小学生对数学内容产生一定的学习兴趣与好奇心,并且能够有效提升学生对数学知识的重视程度,学生愿意主动学习数学,其综合能力才能够有效提升起来。为了实现上述教学效果,本文主要研究小学数学教学生活化的有效策略。     

Studying the Professional Lives and Work of Faculty Involved in Community Engagement

Community engagement is one of the major innovations that has occurred in higher education over the last 20 years. At the center of this innovation are faculty members because of their intimate ties to the academic mission. This article examines the progress that has been made in understanding this critical area of faculty work. It builds on past research to consider how the conceptualization of faculty community engagement influences the kinds of questions we ask about it and the kinds of recruitment, support, and professional growth we provide. Implications of the study and for the practice of faculty community engagement are provided for researchers, administrators, and faculty members.     

面向三本院校的离散数学教学改革

文章以三本院校学生培养目标为指导思想,提出基于三本院校计算机专业的的离散数学课程教学改革,从教学目标、教学内容、教学方法等方面入手,解决了离散数学课时少与教学内容多的矛盾,提高了学生的学习兴趣,有效地培养学生逻辑思维能力和科研能力.同时,通过鼓励学生参加大学生数学建模比赛,可以有效培养学生的实战动手能力、分析问题、解决问题和创新的能力,切实提高实践教学的质量.     

A Critical Challenge: The Engagement and Assessment of Contingent,Part-Time Adjunct Faculty Professors in United States Community Colleges

In 2011, according to a National Center for Education Statistics report, part-time instructional staff in all higher education institutions exceeded full-time faculty members for the first time, accounting for 50% of all instructional staff (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2012 National Center for Education Statistics . ( 2012 ). IPEDS, Digest of education statistics, Winter 2011–12, human resources component, fall staff section: Table 286 [data file]. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d12/tables/dt12_286.asp  [Google Scholar]). The same report indicates part-time faculty in community colleges exceeds 70% of instructional staff. Perhaps more alarming are the numbers of contingent instructional staff—faculty without long-term employment commitments. According to this measure, nearly 70% of faculty members in all areas of higher education have little-to-no job stability (American Association of University Professors [AAUP], 2013 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) . ( 2013 ). Background facts on contingent faculty. Retrieved from http://www.aaup.org/issues/contingency/background-facts  [Google Scholar]; Schuster & Finklestein, 2006 Schuster , J. H. , & Finklestein , M. J. ( 2006 ). The American faculty: The restructuring of academic work and careers . Baltimore , MD : The Johns Hopkins University Press . [Google Scholar]). However, limited research exists on the working experiences of this major subpopulation of United States professors.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of part-time contingent community college faculty regarding the assessment processes their institutions implemented. Through interviews, researchers gathered data identifying what 20 part-time contingent faculty professors reported regarding teaching conditions and institutional assessment procedures. Participant interviews revealed two major themes centered on a lack of institutional engagement and meaningful assessment policies or procedures.     

基于数学素养开展小学数学有效对话教学的策略

时代的进步,使人们对学生的培养有了更加全面、先进的认识,意识到了在课堂上突出学生,围绕学生展开的积极意义。核心素养就是在此背景下发展壮大的,是为了更好地促进学生全面发展,为学生创设一个优质的教学环境。小学数学教师在核心素养下开展对话教学,是想要借助课堂这个媒介,通过创设轻松愉悦的对话课堂、设置问题、突出学生自主探究、讲究语言艺术等策略了解学生内心的想法,针对学生的需要为学生提供帮助。     

关于新课程改革背景下小学数学课堂有效教学的策略探讨

小学数学作为基础教育学科,在小学学段中占有重要位置。因此,如何有效提高小学数学教学质量成为教师需要重点研究的问题。对此,教师应积极探究实现有效教学的方法,以促进学生全面发展,提高学生的综合素质,从而真正实现新课程标准的要求。     

对高职数学课堂有效教学的探索

高职数学是高等职业学校一门重要的文化基础课,在课时少、内容多的情况下,作为教师,要设计好课堂教学中的各个环节,提高学生学习的有效性,提高课堂教学的有效性,从而使高职数学的教学真正体现为学生的专业服务、为学生的自我发展服务的理念.     

中职数学教学设计的有效策略的探讨——再谈职业学校数学课堂教学

教学目标是通过某一具体的教学活动所要达到的某一具体的、可见的行为结果.数学课堂教学目标的实现很大程度上取决于"教学设计".职业学校的数学教学有自己的特殊性.职业学校数学课堂活动设计的关键点有:有效设问,注重知识与认知过程的有效联结,关注教学评价的功能.     

高职高等数学课程改革浅思

创新教育是素质教育的核心.是教育改革发展的主要趋势.本文笔者结合实践初步探讨了高职高等数学教育的现状及其实施创新教育的一些途径     

MATLAB_Simulink的高职数学教学改革探索

高职学生的数学基础普遍薄弱,因而高职数学教学应尽量直观、形象,并突出与专业相结合的应用性。数学软件MATLAB提供的Simulink仿真工具,可简便地实现高职数学及其在专业领域内的应用。     

高职院校高等数学课程的改革

高等数学课程改革具有其自身的必要性和重要性,它可从课程设置、教学内容、教学方法和考试方法等方面进行有益的实践和探索。     

浅谈幼儿园数学集体教育活动发展幼儿思维的有效策略

对幼儿开展数学教育是实现幼儿全面发展的重要途径之一,幼儿园开展数学教育的途径有很多,从集体教育活动入手,以发展幼儿的思维为目的,从数学教育的内容、规范的教学语言、提供适宜的材料、注重幼儿的探究几个方面提出有效的策略,进而为幼儿园数学集体教育活动质量的提高提供借鉴。     

小学数学教学中错误资源的有效利用策略

在小学数学教学中,错误资源的有效利用对于提高小学数学教学质量、培养学生数学学科核心素养具有重要意义。本文紧密结合笔者实际教学经验,利用文献研究法、调查法,阐述小学数学教学中错误资源有效利用意义,分析小学数学教学中错误资源有效利用问题,针对问题产生主要原因提出几点小学数学教学中错误资源有效利用策略。希望可以借此文和业内展开有效交流,以促进错误资源利用水平得到共同提升。     

高职高专院校高等数学教学改革探讨

在高职高专院校不断扩招和生源基础产生较大差异的形势下,为确保高等数学教学质量,改革原有教学模式,实施分级教学十分必要,并对实施分级教学过程中的几个重要环节进行了探讨,主要是各级别教学大纲和教学目标的确立,师资的配备,评价与考核体系的建立以及在实施过程中教务管理和宣传解释工作等配套措施的支持。     

Effective Advising of Diverse Students in Community Colleges

In-depth interviews with 363 students across nine campuses capture the experiences of Latino, African American, Asian, Native American, White and Immigrant students in the California community college system. Four themes emerged with respect to advising and counseling: (a) Differences in the Use of Counseling and Advising; (b) The Importance of the Counseling Relationship; (c) Knowing the System; and (d) Cultural Understanding and Racism.