Instructor Perceptions of Teaching in a New Active Learning Building
- Resource Type
- Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
- Authors
- Nelson, David; Bonem, Emily; FitzSimmons, Jason
- Source
- Journal of Learning Spaces. 2023 12(1):1-12.
- Subject
- Teacher Attitudes
College Faculty
Teaching Methods
Active Learning
Faculty Development
Barriers
Teacher Participation
Educational Benefits
Research Universities
Educational Technology
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2158-6195
This study analyzes instructor attitudes toward 26 collaborative spaces at a large, R1 university in the United States. The authors conducted 151 interviews with instructors, identifying elements of classroom spaces that helped or hindered teaching and student learning. Approximately 44% of the instructors (n=67) had participated in a professional development program designed to encourage and enhance student collaboration and active learning in courses. A comparison between that group and all other instructors in this study (n=84) showed instructors who had participated in the development program stated fewer hindrances to their teaching.