Disciplinary Styles in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Exploring Common Ground

Ten sets of disciplinary scholars respond to an orienting essay that raises questions about the history of discourse about teaching and learning in the disciplines, the ways in which disciplinary "styles” influence inquiry into teaching and learning, and the nature and roles of interdisciplinary exchange.

MARY TAYLOR HUBER is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where she directs research on cultures of teaching in higher education. She is coauthor of The Carnegie Foundation report Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate.

SHERWYN P. MORREALE is associate director of the National Communication Association, following a teaching and research career at the University of Colorado in areas including communication education, public speaking, diversity, and the assessment of communication competence. She has authored communication textbooks, journal articles, and convention papers.