Description
Calls to improve undergraduate STEM education have resulted in initiatives that seek to bolster student learning outcomes by promoting changes in teaching practices. Written by participants in a series of ground-breaking social network analysis (SNA) workshops, Researching and Enacting Change in Postsecondary Education argues that the academic department is a highly productive focus for the spread of new, network-based teaching ideas. By clarifying methodological issues related to SNA data collection and articulating relevant theoretical approaches to the topic, this book leverages current knowledge about social network theory and SNA techniques for understanding instructional improvement in higher education.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Sandra L. Laursen, University of Colorado Boulder
Chapter 1. Introduction
Naneh Apkarian
Charles Henderson
Chapter 2. Change in Higher Education
Charles Henderson
Kathleen Quardokus Fisher
Andrea Beach
Chapter 3. Social Network Terminology
Alexis V. Knaub
Charles Henderson
Chapter 4. Social Network Analysis in K-12 Settings: Review, Implications, and New Directions for Higher Education
Christoforos Mamas
Alan J. Daly
Chapter 5. Four Perspectives for Interpreting Social Networks
Alexis V. Knaub
Charles Henderson
Chris Rasmussen
Stanley M. Lo
Chapter 6. Network Measurement and Data Collection Methods in Higher Education: Practices and Guidelines
John Skvoretz
Julie Risien
Bennett B. Goldberg
Chapter 7. Instructor Discussion Networks across 22 Departments
Kathleen Quardokus Fisher
Naneh Apkarian
Chapter 8. Coda
Chris Rasmussen
Naneh Apkarian
