Finding your Niche in Process Education Research


June 22  5:30pm EST

 

Part A:  History of PE Research Efforts

Part B:  Mapping the Trajectory of PE Research


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Facilitator(s)

David Leasure, Univ of Maryland Global Campus

David's purpose is to help people unleash their unlimited potential. He serves as the research advocate (i.e. director) of the Academy and also as collegiate professor, first-term experience, at the University of Maryland Global Campus. He has over 25 years' experience in higher education administration. His research interests include teaching, learning, mind-tools, and personal development. His PhD is in computer science from the University of Kansas.

Steve Beyerlein, University of Idaho

Steve has a long-term passion for faculty, staff, and student collaboration in the pursuit of process-oriented active learning and accompanying personal/professional growth. Over the last 35 years, he has taught a wide variety of design methodology and thermal systems courses at the University of Idaho, initiating a nationally renowned multi-disciplinary capstone design program with external clients, organizing the longest running academic design show in the northwest, and serving as department chair from 2015-2020. His work in the second discipline of teaching/learning includes being a project director for the Faculty Guidebook and long-time service on the PE Conference committee as well as the editorial board for the International Journal of Process Education.

Grace Onodipe, Georgia Gwinnett College

After earning her Ph.D. (2003) in agricultural, environmental and development (AED) economics from The Ohio State University, Grace taught economics and business statistics at fully online universities for 15 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgia Gwinnett College. She has published papers and presented at conferences and workshops relating to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her articles highlight core concepts of innovative use of technology in the teaching of economics and business statistics. She has led several faculty learning communities with themes such as Flipped Learning and Growth Mindsets.

Why?

Process Education has a thriving practitioner-scholar community that seeks to…

In this session we will query the strength of audience interest in each of these areas, providing an opportunity to share your educational philosophy, your interest in research-based teaching/learning practices, and scholarship needs associated with your current position. You will learn about the landscape of PE research over the last three decades, special developments in the last four years, gain insight about future research opportunities, and become connected with affinity groups around topics of personal/professional interest.

Outcomes

Pre-Reading

Resources

Exploratory Questions

  1. What are your reasons for being a member of the Academy of Process Educators?
  2. How does the Community of Practice model align with your vision of developing yourself and others?
  3. What role(s) would you like to see yourself playing in a Community of Research Practice?

Plan

Before the session:

  1. Complete all pre-reading.
  2. Answer the Exploratory Questions on the forum for the session before the session begins.
  3. Review the plans for Part A and Part B of the session, and prepare to contribute to discussion and play one or more team roles noted below.

Part A (History of PE Research Efforts)

During the session (45 min):

  1. Welcome & Round Robin Introductions → Grace O. (15 mins)
    • brief summary of your previous research involvement
    • brief statement on how you envision your future self as a practitioner/scholar in the 2nd discipline of teaching/learning
  2. History of PE research and associated resources (20 min) (20 mins)
    • Faculty Guidebook → Steve B.
    • IJPE → Kathy B.
    • 25th Anniversary Edition → Wade E.
    • Recent Scholarship in Growth & Self-Growth → Dan A.
  3. Process Education Applied Research Laboratory (PEARL) → David L. (10 min) (10 mins)
    • PEARL Vision & Mission
    • Member Area for Research

Part B (Mapping the Trajectory of PE Research)

During the session (45 min):

  1. Small Group Analysis of PE research graphic → Grace O. (20 mins)
  2. Form teams of 3-4 as directed by the facilitators (assign roles of Manager, Recorder, Spokesperson, Technology Specialist).
  3. Recorders should post the team's answers to the following Critical Thinking Questions in the Forum for this workshop.
    1. What are three attributes of the graphic that help with its navigation?
    2. What PE research gaps/questions are most compelling for future scholarship?
  4. Spokespersons should prepare to share an insight about PE research based on your deliberations (available as a topic on the Forum for this workshop).
  5. Large Group Sharing and Q/A surrounding the first several steps in constructing an insight about PE research (20 mins)
  6. Process education research directory → David L. (5 mins)
  7. Group assessment of the session using the session assessment feedback form

    8. I'm ready to Assess the Workshop!