Independent Center Research

The Searle Center's faculty development research investigates how faculty change in their understanding of teaching and learning, how faculty incorporate teaching into their academic practice, and the role of mentoring in academia. Similarly, the Searle Center investigates the ways in which graduate students come to understand teaching and learning as they develop in their role as teachers.

• Conceptions of Mentoring Among Senior Faculty

• Faculty Conceptions of Professional Practice

• Faculty Understanding of Improvement of Teaching

• Impact of Faculty Development Programs on Faculty Teaching Approaches

• The Impact of Team-Teaching Interdisciplinary Courses on Graduate Students' Conceptions of Teaching and Learning

• Integrating Faculty Conceptions of Research and Teaching

• Integrating Teaching and Technology: Facilitating Student-Centered Teaching for Graduate Students at a Research University

• Patterns of Variation in Conceptions of Teaching

• Perceptions of Mentoring in the Faculty–TA Relationship

• Social-Comparison Concern in a Small-Group Learning Environment

• Study of Faculty Buy-in to STEM Learning Interventions