Resources
- Brent , R. and Felder , R. M. 2003 . A model for engineering faculty development . International Journal of Engineering Education , 19 ( 2 ) : 234 – 240 .
- Calkins , S. and Light , G. 2007 . Promoting learning focused teaching through a project based faculty development program . To Improve the Academy , 26 : 217 – 229 .
- Henderson , C. , Beach , A. and Finkelstein , N. 2011 . Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature . Journal of Research in Science Teaching , 48 ( 8 ) : 952 – 984 .
- Henderson , C. and Dancy , M. 2007 . Barriers to the use of research-based instructional strategies: The influence of both individual and situational characteristics . Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research , 3 ( 2 ) : 020102
- Marbach-Ad , G. , Briken , V. , Frauwirth , K. , Gao , L. , Hutcheson , S. , Joseph , S. and Smith , A. 2007 . A faculty team works to create content linkages among various courses to increase meaningful learning of targeted concepts of microbiology . CBE Life Sci Educ , 6 ( 2 ) : 155 – 162 .
- Pfund , C. , Miller , S. , Brenner , K. , Bruns , P. , Chang , A. , Ebert-May , D. and Handelsman , J. 2009 . Summer institute to improve university science teaching . Science , 324 : 470
- President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology . 2012 . Engage to excel: Producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics , Washington , DC : Executive Office of the President .
- Singer , S. R. , Nielsen , N. R. and Schweingruber , H. A. 2012 . Discipline-based education research: Understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering , Washington , DC : National Research Council .
Websites
- The Association of American Universities' Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative to increase the number of undergraduate STEM majors: www.aau.edu/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=12592
- The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities' Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative to increase the number and improve the preparation of science and mathematics teachers: http://www.aplu.org/page.aspx?pid=584
- Northwestern University's Searle Fellows Program: http://www.northwestern.edu/searle/programs/facultyprograms/searle_fellows_program.html
- The National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology: http://www.academiessummerinstitute.org/