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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

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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.)

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