Pedagogical practices and instructional change of physics faculty

Dancy, Melissa; Henderson, Charles

doi:10.1119/1.3446763

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Pedagogical practices and instructional change of physics faculty

Dancy, Melissa, Henderson, Charles·2010·American Journal of Physics

DOI 10.1119/1.3446763

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We report on the initial results of a web-based survey of 722 physics faculty in the United States regarding their instructional practices. The survey responses indicate that most faculty report knowing about many physics education research curricula and pedagogies and are interested and motivated to try them in their teaching. However, self-reports of actual classroom practices indicate that the availability of these curricula and pedagogies has not led to fundamental changes in instruction. Faculty report that time is the biggest impediment to implementing more research-based reforms. These results suggest a need for research-based dissemination that accounts for the complexity of instructional change.

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Authors: Dancy, M., & Henderson, C.
Affiliations: Johnson C. Smith University (US)
Western Michigan University (US)
ORCID: Dancy, Melissa
Henderson, Charles
Venue: American Journal of Physics
Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Published: 2010-09-13
Volume: 78
Issue: 10
Pages: 1056-1063
ISSN: 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
1943-2909
DOI: 10.1119/1.3446763
OpenAlex: W2087333916
Cited by: 297
References: 17
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 39.08
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Journal of Physics (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Teaching Methods
Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
Keywords: physics education research, instructional change, physics faculty, teaching practice, educational research dissemination, faculty time constraints, implementation barriers, undergraduate physics teaching

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