1st Edition

Researching and Enacting Change in Postsecondary Education Leveraging Instructors' Social Networks

    146 Pages
    by Routledge

    156 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Calls to improve undergraduate STEM education have resulted in initiatives that seek to bolster student learning outcomes by promoting changes in teaching practices. Written by participants in a series of ground-breaking social network analysis (SNA) workshops, Researching and Enacting Change in Postsecondary Education argues that the academic department is a highly productive focus for the spread of new, network-based teaching ideas. By clarifying methodological issues related to SNA data collection and articulating relevant theoretical approaches to the topic, this book leverages current knowledge about social network theory and SNA techniques for understanding instructional improvement in higher education.

    Foreword



    Sandra L. Laursen, University of Colorado Boulder





    Chapter 1. Introduction



    Naneh Apkarian



    Charles Henderson





    Chapter 2. Change in Higher Education



    Charles Henderson



    Kathleen Quardokus Fisher



    Andrea Beach





    Chapter 3. Social Network Terminology



    Alexis V. Knaub



    Charles Henderson





    Chapter 4. Social Network Analysis in K-12 Settings: Review, Implications, and New Directions for Higher Education



    Christoforos Mamas



    Alan J. Daly





    Chapter 5. Four Perspectives for Interpreting Social Networks



    Alexis V. Knaub



    Charles Henderson



    Chris Rasmussen



    Stanley M. Lo





    Chapter 6. Network Measurement and Data Collection Methods in Higher Education: Practices and Guidelines



    John Skvoretz



    Julie Risien



    Bennett B. Goldberg





    Chapter 7. Instructor Discussion Networks across 22 Departments



    Kathleen Quardokus Fisher



    Naneh Apkarian





    Chapter 8. Coda



    Chris Rasmussen



    Naneh Apkarian

    Biography

    Charles R. Henderson is a professor in the Physics Department and a professor and Director of the Mallinson Institute for Science Education at Western Michigan University.





    Chris Rasmussen is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University.





    Alexis Knaub is a postdoctoral research associate in the Physics Department at Western Michigan University.





    Naneh Apkarian in a research assistant in the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education at San Diego State University.





    Alan J. Daly is a professor and chair of the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego.





    Kathleen Quardokus Fisher is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University.