scholarly journals The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Canadian Post-Secondary Mathematics: 2000-2010

Author(s):  
Bernard S Chan ◽  
Lindi M Wahl

Published accounts of pedagogical experience and pedagogical research are critical resources to post-secondary mathematics instructors, and yet the quantity and scope of this literature is rarely summarized or reviewed. In this contribution, we analyze recent peer-reviewed journal publications regarding post-secondary mathematics, published by Canadian scholars. We classified this scholarship by institution, publication year, type of pedagogical scholarship, and by topic. We highlight topics of continual interest, changing trends in time and newly emerging themes. This review therefore provides a benchmark of current scholarship in this important area, as well as a point of comparison for similar data from other countries, and other disciplines. Les comptes rendus publiés sur les expériences pédagogiques et la recherche sur la pédagogie sont des ressources essentielles pour les enseignants de mathématiques au niveau postsecondaire. Pourtant, la quantité et la portée de cette documentation font rarement l’objet de résumés ou d’analyses. Dans cet article, nous analysons les publications récentes de chercheurs canadiens sur les mathématiques au niveau postsecondaire, qui ont paru dans des revues révisées par les pairs. Nous avons classé ces publications par établissement, année de publication, type de recherche et sujet. Nous mettons en lumière les sujets d’intérêt constant, les tendances en évolution au fil du temps et les thèmes émergents. Cette recension constitue donc une référence sur les recherches universitaires actuelles dans ce domaine important ainsi qu’un point de comparaison pour des données similaires provenant d’autres pays et d’autres disciplines.

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Lowney

This article discusses one faculty member’s journey from reading about others’ pedagogical research to her use of data from her own classes to create new scholarship of teaching and learning.


2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Dean O'Loughlin

In order for the efforts of scholarly teaching to be recognized, the work must become public and presented to peers for review. Scholarship of Teaching is not only improving instruction and learning but also methodically assessing whether specific teaching interventions have had the desired effect. In this paper, the author presents a step-by-step guide for how to develop a Scholarship of Teaching project that is well thought out and worthy of publication. Factors to consider before performing such pedagogical research include developing a clear research hypothesis for the classroom, reviewing the background literature, obtaining Institutional Review Board (Human Subjects) approval, and determining which methods of assessment may be used. This “how to” guide discusses how to handle all of these factors and prepare the data for publication and introduces the reader to references related to the Scholarship of Teaching and learning as well as educational research and theory.


2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Robert A. Roughley ◽  
Toupey Luft ◽  
Jill Cummings

Over the past 30 years, the field of counselling psychology has experienced many new insights and shifting practices into counsellor education, practitioner and faculty scholarship, and larger systems including post-secondary institutions, accreditation councils, and regulatory bodies. One of the central contributions to this expanding landscape is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). In this introduction to the present special issue of Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, the authors outline the trends and developments in SoTL and discuss current applications of SoTL to the field of counselling psychology. They highlight the importance of these applications for moving the field of counselling forward. Each of the four articles within this special issue is described briefly through the lens of its contributions to SoTL within counselling psychology.


Author(s):  
Eileen De Courcy ◽  
Tim Loblaw ◽  
Jessica Paterson ◽  
Theresa Southam ◽  
Mary M Wilson

Following collaborative discussion and an initial literature review, a small group of college educators from three Canadian provinces, occupying roles at the micro, meso, and macro levels of their respective institutions, identified the need to develop a tool that considers institutional context in both determining the state of, and preparing for the advancement of, the state of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Further exploration into both the literature and our own experiences revealed that the state of SoTL within a particular institution seems to rely less on its categorization as a, for example, college, university, or technical institute, and more on the intricate web of factors that constitute the institution’s context. While other researchers have put forth this call to consider institutional context to determine support for SoTL practices and processes, a detailed process or tool for doing so was not apparent. Adopting Bolman and Deal’s (2008) framework for organizational structure, and combining this with data-gathering processes popularized by Smith’s (2005) institutional ethnography, as well as a series of guiding questions, our tool represents an initial step in systematically representing SoTL-enabling and impeding artifacts commonly found in post-secondary institutions. Assuming SoTL leaders modify this tool based on their own entry points, a call is put forward to the Canadian post-secondary SoTL community to field-test the tool in order to facilitate reflection upon how a variety of factors encourage and impede SoTL advancement at our unique institutions, the interconnections between these factors and how we might use these to solve the pedagogical problems we face. Après avoir mené une discussion collaborative et examiné la documentation publiée, un petit groupe d’éducateurs de collèges de trois provinces canadiennes, qui jouent des rôles aux niveaux micro, meso et macro dans leurs établissements respectifs, ont identifié le besoin de développer un outil qui prend en considération le contexte institutionnel à la fois pour déterminer l’état de l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage (ACEA) et pour se préparer à sa croissance. Un examen plus approfondi à la fois des documents publiés et de nos propres expériences a révélé que l’état de l’ACEA au sein d’un établissement donné semble s’appuyer non pas tant sur sa catégorisation en tant que, par exemple, collège, université ou institut technique, mais plutôt sur le réseau complexe des facteurs qui constituent le contexte de l’établissement. Bien que d’autres chercheurs aient déjà suggéré de prendre en considération le contexte institutionnel afin de déterminer le soutien apporté aux pratiques et aux processus d’ACEA, aucun processus détaillé d’outils permettant d’y arriver n’a été identifié. Notre outil, qui adapte le cadre proposé par Bolman et Deal (2008) pour une structure organisationnelle en le combinant avec des procédés de collection de données popularisés par l’ethnographie institutionnelle de Smith (2005), ainsi qu’une série de questions d’orientation, constitue une étape initiale pour représenter systématiquement les artefacts paralysants et favorables à l’ACEA communément trouvés dans les établissements post-secondaires. À supposer que les leaders de l’ACEA modifient cet outil selon leur point d’entrée, un appel est lancé à la communauté de l’ACEA des établissements d’enseignement supérieur canadiens pour tester l’outil sur le terrain afin de faciliter la réflexion sur la manière dont une variété de facteurs encouragent et entravent la croissance de l’ACEA dans nos établissements uniques, sur les inter-connexions entre ces facteurs et sur la manière dont nous pourrions les utiliser pour résoudre le problème pédagogique auquel nous sommes confrontés.


2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Lee Easton ◽  
Kelly Hewson

King and Knight (2010) argue that English Studies' instructors must "articulate and develop their tacit assumptions [about English teaching] and create a discipline-grounded idiom for pedagogical research and reflection" (p. 323).  We suggest that the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) invites English educators to reflect more deeply about the assumptions upon which our favoured methodologies are based.  At the same time, SoTL's often uncritical reliance on students' umarked voices for many of its insights troubles us.  We suggest that while the scholarship of teaching and learning can provide the necessary structure for systematic reflection about English Studies' pedagogies, SoTL would benefit from a more substantial engagement with what English Studies calls theory. In so doing, SoTL can add another critical question to its agenda: "For whom do these practices work?"


Author(s):  
Johanna Tunon

Action Research in Teaching and Learning: A Practical Guide to Conducting Pedagogical Research in Universities by Lynn S. Norton provides a useful resource for those in higher education interested in using action research. Action research takes place when educational practitioners reflect on their approach to education and test pedagogical theories with research that is then presented for consideration within the institution and in the wider academic arena. After making a case for the use of action research as an important part of the scholarship of teaching and learning that should take place in higher education, the author discusses the steps for conducting action research— from identifying the problem to addressing quantitative and qualitative research approaches and publishing the results.


Author(s):  
Klodiana Kolomitro ◽  
Cory Laverty ◽  
Denise Stockley

With the growing interest in educational research across post-secondary campuses, it is useful to identify the specific supports that best enable Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) initiatives. This paper documents a picture of SoTL interests and supports at one institution through survey and semi-structured collaborative interview data. Both the survey data (289 respondents) and three semi-structured group interviews (8 participants total) provide a picture of participants who have completed or are interested in completing a SoTL study; the events and experiences that triggered an interest in SoTL; and their perceptions of the importance of SoTL in their own teaching, student learning, in their department, and within the institution as a whole. Based on these two datasets, we propose four lenses that are defined in terms of SoTL triggers and which we name a Scholarship Window. We conclude with a number of recommendations as a way to build capacity for SoTL at the institutional level. Suite à l’intérêt grandissant de la recherche dans le domaine de l’éducation sur tous les campus d’enseignement supérieur, il est utile d’identifier les soutiens spécifiques qui favorisent le mieux les initiatives de l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage (ACEA). Cet article présente un tableau des intérêts et des soutiens en ACEA dans un établissement donné, établi par le biais d’une enquête et d’une série d’entrevues en collaboration semi-structurées. Les données obtenues suite à l’enquête (289 répondants) et celles de trois entrevues semi-structurées (8 participants au total) ont permis d’établir un tableau de participants qui ont complété ou qui s’intéressent à compléter une étude en ACEA, les événements et les expériences qui ont déclenché cet intérêt en ACEA ainsi que les perceptions des répondants de l’importance de l’ACEA pour leur propre enseignement, pour l’apprentissage des étudiants et pour leur département, ainsi qu’au sein de l’établissement dans son ensemble. Sur la base de ces deux groupes de données, nous proposons quatre lentilles qui sont définies en tant que déclencheurs d’ACEA, que nous avons nommées « fenêtre sur l’avancement des connaissances ». En conclusion, nous présentons un certain nombre de recommandations pour renforcer les capacités en ACEA au niveau institutionnel.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 3-24
Author(s):  
Kirsten Fantazir ◽  
Murray Bartley

The purpose of this quantitative scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research study was to examine the impact Classcraft had on adult criminal justice students in a face-to-face context in a western-Canadian institution. Specifically, the role-playing digital game was integrated into a first-year applied English and investigative writing course; learners earned points, received “real world” prizes, and completed random, content-related challenges with their teams. Using a survey with Likert-style and open-ended questions, it was determined that most elements of Classcraft motivated and engaged participants. The most impactful finding was that Classcraft promoted teamwork and problem-solving abilities. While little research has been conducted in adult post-secondary settings related to the implementation of Classcraft, it is evident more research is required in other post-secondary learning contexts.


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