| Table 1. Categories of Faculty Responses
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| Category |
Faculty Responses* |
| Respect and Support for Individual Students |
- Allowed me to be me
- Allowed students to be themselves and celebrated it!
- Believed in me
- Encouraging
- He never thought any question was stupid
- I was always treated with the clear notion that I could succeed
- Mentoring
- Non-judgmental
- Patient, Patience (4)
- Personal attention
- Positive reinforcement
- Saw the uniqueness in each student
- Shared opinions and emotions with me as if I were an intellectual equal
|
| Enthusiasm and Student Engagement |
- Enthusiastic, Enthusiasm (6)
- Her love for teaching and her students
- Interested in topic and in communicating what was exciting about that topic
- Interesting
- Outreach. Proactive.
- Really believed in students
- Thought provoking
- Willing to take a detour of the lesson plan for important issues
|
| Warmth |
- Acceptance
- Approachable
- Authentic
- Caring (2)
- Compassion, Compassionate (2)
- Had lots of time for students outside of class
- Honest
- Sensitivity
- Thoughtful (2)
|
| Competence and Organization |
- Clarity
- Knew her/his stuff
- Knowledge
- Organized (3)
- Smart (2)
|
| Humor |
- Funny
- Humor, Sense of humor (4)
|
| High Standards |
- Challenged any easy answer
- High standards (2)
|
| Practical |
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| * Numbers in parentheses are the number of people giving the same response. |
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