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Student/Faculty Interaction
Presenter:Dr. Steady MoonoDean of Student Success
Montgomery County Community College
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Seven Principles of Good Practice
in Undergraduate Education:
Encourage contact between students and faculty
Develop reciprocity and cooperation amongstudents
Encourage active learning
Give prompt feedback Emphasize time on task
Communicate high expectations
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Seven Principles (Contd)
Respect Diverse talents and ways ofknowing
___________________________________Chickering & Gamson (1987)
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A Case for Student/Faculty
InteractionFrequent student-faculty interaction can:
Enhance students motivation, involvement,
and intellectual commitment
Encourage them to think about their ownvalues and future plans
Caution:
It is the quality of the contact not the
quantity that matters
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Cross argues that when faculty
show an interest in students, getto know them through informal aswell as formal channels, engage
in conversations with them, (and)show interest in their intellectualdevelopment, then studentsrespond with enthusiasm andengagement
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What Do Students Think?
35.6% of entering first-year students
estimated chances were very good that they
would communicate regularly withprofessors
__________________________________
Sax and others (2002)
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What is Students greatest fearwhen interacting with
Professors?
Students fear appearing unintelligent
when interacting with their professors
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What do students hope to getout of a new course?
Details vary, but the most common hopestudents express is that each class, by its end
will help them become a slightly different personin some way.
This hope transcends the subject matter of aclass, or a students background, or evenwhether the student is a wise old senior or anincoming freshman.
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The Most Memorable Class
Anne Clark in her research asked
undergraduate students about their
most memorable class;
-Almost each one of themdescribed a class in which theirprofessor got to know them.
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Student-Faculty
Interaction
Building relationships (know students
by name, seek informal contact withthem)
Discussing career plans
Joint project work or committee Discussing ideas outside of class
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Student-Faculty
Interaction (cont.) Event & Activity Spectatorship &
Participation
Student Organization & ProjectAdvising
Community Service
Intramural Athletics
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Effective Academic Advising
Good advising may be the single mostunderestimated characteristic of asuccessful college experience
Good advising ranks as # 1 challenge thatboth faculty and students identify (R. Light,2000).
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The Obvious Idea:
A great college experience depends uponhuman relationships
One set of such relationships, should,
ideally, develop between each student andone or several faculty members
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Good Mentoring
Informal
Personal
Cross Divisional
Instructs on life lessons
Is usually non-academic
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Faculty Who Make a
Difference Connecting Academic Ideas with
Students Lives
Engaging Students (even in largeclasses)
Teaching students to think like
professionals
Encouraging Students to Disagree withthe professor
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Teaching the use of Evidence
Not being predictable(Students honor
predictability in faculty members standards, but notdilemmas or controversies)
Integrating Ideas from other disciplines
Faculty Who Make a
Difference (cont.)