Science and Mathematics Faculty Responses to a Policy-Based Initiative: Change Processes, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Department Culture

The purpose of this study was to examine change processes, self-efficacy beliefs, and department culture and the roles these elements play in faculty engagement in working in K-12 schools. The development of three new web-based measures of faculty perceptions of change processes, self-efficacy belie...

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Published in:Innovative higher education 2015-04, Vol.40 (2), p.127-141
Main Authors: Ellett, Chad D., Demir, Kadir, Monsaas, Judith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Measures
Beliefs
Change
College Faculty
College Mathematics
College Science
Cultural factors
Education
Education policy
Educational Change
Educational Innovation
Educational Policy
Educational Research
Elementary Secondary Education
Faculty Promotion
Higher Education
Learning
Mathematics
Organizational Culture
Research Methodology
School faculty
Science Teachers
Secondary Education
Self Efficacy
Statistical Analysis
STEM education
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Participation
Teaching Methods
Tenure
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine change processes, self-efficacy beliefs, and department culture and the roles these elements play in faculty engagement in working in K-12 schools. The development of three new web-based measures of faculty perceptions of change processes, self-efficacy beliefs, and department culture are described. The context for the research is the development of new state Board of Regents policies that encourage faculty work in K-12 schools and improvements in the scholarship of teaching and learning in the faculty tenure and promotion process. Extensive statistical analyses were completed to examine the characteristics of these new measures and relationships among the measures. We discuss the implications of the study findings for measuring and understanding change and sustainability of policy-based initiatives in higher education.
ISSN:0742-5627
1573-1758
DOI:10.1007/s10755-014-9299-y