Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Guide to the Process, and How to Develop a Project from Start to Finish - Hardcover

Bishop-Clark, Cathy; Dietz-Uhler, Beth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579224709 ISBN 13: 9781579224707

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

"Cathy Bishop-Clark and Beth Dietz-Uhler bring to this volume their own contagious passion for the scholarship of teaching and lerning but also an ability to translage their journey into steps that those newer to the work can easily follow. The result is both practical and inspiring."―Pat Hutchings, Consulting Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Scholar in Residence, Gonzaga Univeristy.

This is a book for anyone who has ever considered engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning – known familiarly as SoTL – and needs a better understanding of what it is, and how to engage in it. The authors describe how to create a SoTL project, its implications for promotion and tenure, and how it fosters:

•Increased satisfaction and fulfillment in teaching
•Improved student learning
•Increased productivity of scholarly publication
•Collaboration with colleagues across disciplines
•Contributing to a growing and important body of literature

This guide provides prospective SoTL scholars with the necessary background information, foundational theory, tools, resources, and methodology to develop their own SoTL projects, taking the reader through the five stages of the process: Generating a research question; Designing the study; Collecting the data; Analyzing the data; and Presenting and publishing your SoTL project. Each stage is illustrated by examples of actual SoTL studies, and is accompanied by worksheets to help the reader refine ideas and map out his or her next steps. The process and worksheets are the fruit of the successful SoTL workshops the authors have offered at their institution for many years.

SoTL differs from scholarly and reflective teaching in that it not only involves questioning one’s teaching or a teaching strategy, but also formally gathering and exploring evidence, researching the literature, refining and testing practices, and finally going public. The purpose of SoTL is, not just to make a

About this title

About the Authors

Cathy Bishop-Clark is a Professor and Chair of Computer Information Technology at Miami University, OH

Beth Dietz-Uhler is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University, OH.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579224709
• ISBN 13: 9781579224707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160