JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
Building Communities of Engineering Faculty, Staff, and Students Engaged in Educational Research: The Approach of UGA’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute
Author(s): John R. Morelock, Nicola W. Sochacka, Joachim Walther
Citation: John R. Morelock, Nicola W. Sochacka, Joachim Walther, (2020) "Building Communities of Engineering Faculty, Staff, and Students Engaged in Educational Research: The Approach of UGA’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol. 20, ss. 12, pp. 131-138
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
We summarize the work of the University of Georgia’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) in cultivating communities of faculty, staff, and students engaged in educational research. EETI leadership draws upon Donella Meadows’ 14 principles for engineering change from within a system and industry-vetted practices for establishing collective intelligence in teams to create four conditions that have led to successful, enduring, and diverse communities: Value-oriented communication, inclusive relationship-building, collective intelligence development, and process-oriented expectations. In these communities, participants from a variety of academic levels (students; staff; pre-tenure, tenured, instructional, and professional-track faculty) develop ideas and projects together in a collaborative process.