At the Crossroads of Pedagogical Change in Higher Education: Exploring the Work of Faculty Developers

This book explores pedagogical change and innovation in US colleges and universities, and how faculty are prepared to adapt to such changes.

Drawing from interviews with faculty developers at Centers for Teaching and Learning at research and teaching-focused institutions across the United States, this book explores how traditional forms of pedagogy are shifting toward student-centered and student-directed forms of learning. The book unpacks the historical development of changes in teaching, drawing from research in teaching within particular domains such as diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education, community-based teaching and learning, online and hybrid teaching and learning, course design, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, assessment of teaching, and the scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

This is an invaluable resource for faculty, graduate students, and scholars of Higher Education, and faculty developers looking to promote a culture of continual renewal and innovation at their institutions.

Melanie N. Burdick is Professor of English and Director of the Center of Teaching Excellence and Learning at Washburn University, USA.

Heidi L. Hallman is Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Kansas, USA.