Faculty Development: an approach to scholarship.

Abstract

This consultation to promote scholarship resulted in the development of two projects, a study of the relationship between power and teaching-learning and the integration of holistic concepts into the curriculum. These projects were developed because the consultant was able to promote faculty discussion of organizational issues that had been felt but not verbalized. The discussion of these concerns permitted insight into group dynamics and clarified the concerns that had hampered effective group functioning and the pursuit of scholarship. The faculty became empowered to more effectively communicate with the administration faculty values and the importance of creating an environment to enhance scholarly activities. The consultant on scholarship was the catalyst who promoted the change in attitudes and activities.