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Table 1 Change protocol meeting prompts

From: Faculty drivers and barriers: laying the groundwork for undergraduate STEM education reform in academic departments

Change characteristic (Dormant 2011)

Prompt

Relative advantage

1a. Ways in which this end state is advantageous to me/my department

1b. Ways in which this end state is disadvantageous to me/my department

Simplicity

2a. Features of our current environment and practice that make this end state easy/simple to attain and/or maintain

2b. Features of our current environment and practice that make this end state/hard complex to attain and/or maintain

Compatibility

3a. Ways in which the end state is compatible with what I already do

3b. Ways in which the end state is incompatible with what I already do

Flexibility

4a. In what ways might the end state allow for flexibility and individual choice (while still achieving the vision)?

4b. In what ways might the end state limit flexibility and individual choice in order to achieve the vision?

Social impact

5a. How will the new end state positively impact my relationships (with colleagues, with students, with administrators, etc.)?

5b. How will the new end state negatively impact my relationship (with colleagues, with students, with administrators, etc.)?