The Implications of Culture and Identity: A Professor's Engagement with a Reform Collaborative |
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| Authors: | Tarin H Weiss Allan Feldman Dolly E Pedevillano Brenda Capobianco |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Lederle Grad Research Tower, 710 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA, 01003–9306, USA E-mail:;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Lederle Grad Research Tower, 710 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01003–9306, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this study, part of a larger United States project investigating K16 teachers and science reform, we seek to understand how a science professor's participation in a large-scale reform effort affects her conceptions of teaching, teachers, and reform. The topic in this study concerned how the professor's teaching identity was modified and created by the reform effort as she mediated her participation. A multiple-method approach utilizing (a) semi-structured interviews/correspondences with four students and the professor, (b) classroom observations, and (c) field notes, comprised the data collection. Results indicated that, although the professor was inclined to  try out new teaching strategies in her classroom, the project failed to create pedagogical dissonance thus leading to her lack of desire to accommodate a more inquiry-based pedagogy. |
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