Interpreting a Community of Practice Perspective in Discipline-Specific Professional Development in Higher Education |
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| Authors: | Maria L Blanton and Despina A Stylianou |
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| Institution: | (1) The James J. Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 200 Mill Road, Suite 150B, Fairhaven, MA 02719, USA;(2) Department of Secondary Education, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Through this study we explored a community of practice framework applied to faculty professional development at a mid-size
state university in order to examine the issues unique to discipline-specific professional development in higher education.
Through content-focused professional development activities conducted by the authors, several key areas were identified that
point to challenges in building a faculty community of teaching practice: (a) the need for a culture of professional development,
(b) developing old-timers and recruiting newcomers, (c) the need for teaching scholars to coordinate professional development,
(d) challenging the “culture of service”, and (e) the need for a language to mediate thinking about practice.
Maria Blanton received a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from North Carolina State University. She is currently a Senior Executive Research
Associate in the Kaput Center and an Associate Professor in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Dept at the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her research interests focus on applications of sociocultural theory in understanding
teaching and learning mathematics in both elementary grades and higher education.
Despina Stylianou received an Ed.D. in mathematics education from the University of Pittsburgh. She is Associate Professor in the Department
of Secondary Education at the City College of New York. Her research interests are in the area of mathematical cognition;
her work explores the mathematical skills, sensibilities, and habits of mind and action that are critical to doing, learning,
and using mathematics proficiently. |
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| Keywords: | faculty professional development community of practice situated learning mathematics teacher education |
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