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Table 5 Departmental support items cross-tabulated by instructional style

From: Individual and situational factors related to undergraduate mathematics instruction

Do you feel pressure from your department to cover a fixed set of material?

Yes

Maybe

No

   Limited lecturers

28.95%

N/A

71.05%

   Moderate lecturers

29.75%

N/A

70.25%

   Extensive lecturers

30.19%

N/A

69.81%

I believe I would have the freedom to make changes to the content of my course (e.g., including or excluding certain topics and/or textbook changes).

Yes

Maybe

No

   Limited lecturers

78.59%

18.54%

2.63%

   Moderate lecturers

75.61%

21.95%

2.44%

   Extensive lecturers

74.55%

23.64%

1.81%

I believe I would have time to plan and redesign my course in a way that would be supported and valued in my annual review or P&T process.

Yes

Maybe

No

   Limited lecturers

36.85%

44.74%

18.42%

   Moderate lecturers

36.59%

39.84%

23.58%

   Extensive lecturers

38.18%

41.83%

20.00%

I believe I would have travel support to attend professional development opportunities (e.g., Project NExT, MAA/AIM workshops).

Yes

Maybe

No

   Limited lecturers

43.37%

44.74%

7.89%

   Moderate lecturers

39.02%

41.46%

19.51%

   Extensive lecturers

38.18%

47.27%

14.55%

  1. N/A this was not a response choice for this item