Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-2018
Subjects
Portland State University -- Faculty, Transformative learning, College teaching -- Psychological aspects, College teaching -- Ethical aspects, Scholarship of teaching and learning
Abstract
Portland State University’s (PSU) motto Let Knowledge Serve the City identifies a key piece of the University’s DNA as a community-engaged institution. As educators in PSU’s signature general education program, University Studies, we work intentionally as colleagues to catalyze transformative teaching and learning to build--with our students--a just world.
In AY 2016-17, through an iterative process involving faculty, administrators, staff, and students, University Studies adopted vision and mission statements to reflect and ground our efforts:
Vision: Challenging us to think holistically, care deeply, and engage courageously in imagining and co-creating a just world.
Mission: University Studies’ inclusive pedagogy
- provokes students to build self-efficacy through relational learning across difference;
- encourages a community of educators to practice engaged teaching for transformative learning; and
- advances civic engagement, reflective practice, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Following the development of this programmatic vision and mission, we co-created a teaching ethos in AY 2017-18 to identify UNST’s pedagogical beliefs, commitments, and practices.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27895
Citation Details
Fitzmaurice, C., Hamington, M., Knepler, A., & Reitenauer, V. (2018). Building a Culture of Collegiality through Transformative Faculty Support. International Transformative Learning Conference Proceedings 2018.
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Methods Commons
Description
Presented at the International Transformative Learning Conference Proceedings 2018, at Teachers College at Columbia University.