Instructional leadership structures across five university departments
Instructional leadership structures across five university departments
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五个大学系的教学领导结构
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2020
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C. Rasmussen
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Naneh Apkarian;C. Rasmussen
在本文中，我们调查了领导有关的教学较低的师本科课程在五所大学的数学系具有强大的微积分课程。我们使用社会网络分析，以确定对教学的影响模式，使用的关系：寻求建议，教学材料共享，讨论的教学事项，并明确影响教学方法。数据是通过社交网络调查收集的，每个网站的回复率超过60%。考虑到正式和非正式的现象，我们确定在这些部门的垂直和分布式教学领导结构的变化。在这五个社区中，并非所有具有等级权威的人都对教学实践具有真实的影响力，但那些对教学影响最大的人确实拥有正式认可的职位。根据这些发现，我们讨论了未来的研究和实践在高等教育的影响。
In this paper, we investigate leadership related to the instruction of lower division undergraduate courses at five university mathematics departments with strong calculus programs. We use social network analysis to identify patterns of influence on instruction, using the relations: advice seeking, instructional material sharing, discussion of instructional matters, and explicit influence on teaching approach. Data were gathered through social network surveys, which received over 60% response rate at each site. Considering both formal and informal phenomena, we identify variation in vertical and distributed instructional leadership structures within these departments. In these five communities, not all those with hierarchical authority have real influence over instructional practice, but those with the most influence over instruction do hold formally recognized positions. In light of these findings, we discuss implications for future research and practice in higher education.