Innovative teaching knowledge stays with users.

Lane, A Kelly; McAlpin, Jacob D; Earl, Brittnee; Feola, Stephanie; Lewis, Jennifer E; Mertens, Karl; Shadle, Susan E; Skvoretz, John et al. · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2020

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Abstract

Programs seeking to transform undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses often strive for participating faculty to share their knowledge of innovative teaching practices with other faculty in their home departments. Here, we provide interview, survey, and social network analyses revealing that faculty who use innovative teaching practices preferentially talk to each other, suggesting that greater steps are needed for information about innovative practices to reach faculty more broadly.