Breaking the cycle: Future faculty begin teaching with learner-centered strategies after professional development

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ebert May, Diane ^a   Derting, Terry L ^b   Henkel, Timothy P ^c   Maher, Jessica Middlemis ^d   Momsen, Jennifer L ^e   Arnold, Bryan ^f   Passmore, Heather A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

CAREER CHOICE; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; TEACHING;

EID: 84981736782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-12-0222     Document Type: Article

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