The principal social actors involved in the process are ultimately the coordinators of the courses in which the reforms are being implemented.
The individuals identified for direct contact were either coordinators of introductory courses or biology programs, discipline-based biology educators, or, in the absence of the first two options, department chairs; we targeted these individuals because we felt they would have the most knowledge about GTA PD practices and therefore would be most likely to provide accurate information.
"The goal of the course is to introduce students to the different ways that scholars make meaning out of our world," said Patrick Moran, a lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program and coordinator of the course, who retooled the curriculum last summer based on faculty and student feedback.
From 2010 to 2013 he was coordinator of the course in Electronic Engineering and Information Technologies and, since 2015, he is the president of the ICT and Data Center of the University of Genova.
A group of course coordinators from various postgraduate courses over some years developed the guidelines for describing the situation.
In the expert sample, six participants were of the rank of course coordinator, lecturer, or assistant professor; two were of the rank of associate professor; and two were of the rank of full professor.
This approach was implemented to avoid any potential for bias or pre-existing viewpoints that the lead investigator might have had in his role of course coordinator.
Andréa Auad Moreira, Ph.D. in Urbanism (PROURB/UFRJ), Professor and Coordination Supporting Staff of the Architecture and Urbanism Graduation Course, Coordinator of the Graduate Program Course in A&U: Theories and Contemporary Practice at UGB.
The 19 course coordinators of the medical schools in which the PROMED project was implemented were interviewed using a questionnaire containing 12 questions for qualitative analysis.
And then of course, David Lean as the coordinator and visionary".
The 19 course coordinators are professors who are acting as course managers, that is, they receive a salary for occupying the position of coordinator of a medicine course.
