scholarly journals SoTL Research Fellows: Collaborative Pathfinding through Uncertain Terrain

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Marquis ◽  
Trevor Holmes ◽  
Konstantinos Apostolou ◽  
Dan Centea ◽  
Robert Cockcroft ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Departmental Support ◽  
Traditional Scholarship ◽  
Groupes De Discussion ◽  
Community Access ◽  
Canadian Research ◽  
Key Interventions

From 2014-2016, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Research Fellows at a mid-sized Canadian research-intensive, medical-doctoral university undertook to study their own formation as scholars of teaching and learning, as well as benefits and challenges of their cross-appointment to our central teaching and learning institute from their home academic departments. Findings from surveys and focus groups identified themes such as identity, community, access, transfer, and structural elements (each with benefits and challenges to practice). Our autoethnographic work confirms assertions in the literature about the uneasy relation between SoTL and traditional scholarship, while also bearing out the need for departmental support, and for key interventions along the path from novice to practitioner identity. Some discussion of the ambassador or translator role that can flow from such arrangements is included. De 2014 à 2016, les chercheurs en Avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage (ACEA) d’une université canadienne médicale-doctorale de taille moyenne ayant un coefficient de recherche élevé ont entrepris une étude portant sur leur propre formation en tant que chercheurs érudits en matière d’enseignement et d’apprentissage, ainsi que sur les avantages et les défis de leur nomination conjointe à notre institut central d’enseignement et d’apprentissage tout en enseignant dans leur propre département universitaire. Les résultats des sondages et des groupes de discussion ont permis d’identifier certains thèmes tels que l’identité, la communauté, l’accès, le transfert, ainsi que des éléments structuraux (chacun présentant des avantages et des défis concernant la pratique). Notre travail autoethnographique confirme les assertions présentes dans la documentation existante concernant la relation difficile qui existe entre l’ACEA et la recherche traditionnelle, tout en tenant compte de la nécessité du soutien départemental ainsi que pour les interventions clés sur la voie qui consiste à passer de l’identité de novice à celle de praticien. L’article contient également des discussions sur le rôle d’ambassadeur ou de traducteur qui peut découler de tels arrangements.

scholarly journals Navigating the Lows to Gain New Heights: Constraints to SoTL Engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea S. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Scholarly Teaching ◽  
Canadian Research

Novice Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) leaders making the transition from scholarly teaching to SoTL to SoTL Leadership face many challenges within higher education. Not only does traditional academic culture confine most academics to disciplinary silos, but promotion and tenure requirements encourage faculty members to conduct SoTL work “off the side of their desk,” if at all (Boyer, 1990; Dobbins, 2008; Webb, Wong, & Hubball, 2013). This paper shares some of the findings from a recent study that investigated what constrained educational leaders’ understanding of SoTL while enrolled in a SoTL Leadership program at a Canadian research-intensive university. The paper will also explore implications for the support and enrichment of educational leadership.

scholarly journals Exploring the Role of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the Context of the Professional Identities of Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarke Mathany ◽  
Katie M. Clow ◽  
Erin D Aspenlieder
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Disciplinary Identity ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Groupes De Discussion

Developing an identity as a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) researcher is associated with tensions of expanding on one’s disciplinary identity and often traversing the liminal space between disciplines that result in a newfound perception of professional self. This study explores the differences that emerged in SoTL identity formation among three different groups of researchers. Focus groups of faculty, graduate students, and professional staff who identified as SoTL researchers were conducted at one comprehensive research institution. Using thematic analysis, the differences and similarities for each of these groups in terms of barriers to SoTL identity formation and motivations for developing a SoTL identity are shared. Reflecting on these barriers and opportunities, a variety of implications for practice for Educational Developers are suggested as they look to support the SoTL identity development of researchers at their institutions. Le développement d’une identité en tant que chercheur en avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage (ACEA) est associé à des tensions d’expansion de l’identité disciplinaire et consiste souvent à traverser l’espace liminal entre les disciplines qui aboutit à une perception nouvelle de son soi professionnel. Cette étude explore les différences qui émergent lors de la formation de l’identité en ACEA parmi trois groupes différents de chercheurs. Des groupes de discussion de professeurs, d’étudiants de cycle supérieur et de personnel professionnel qui s’identifient comme chercheurs en ACEA ont été organisés dans un établissement de recherche complète. L’analyse thématique a permis de mettre à jour les différences et les similarités parmi chacun de ces groupes en termes d’entraves à la formation d’une identité en ACEA, ainsi que les motivations nécessaires au développement d’une identité en ACEA. La réflexion sur ces entraves et sur les opportunités permet de suggérer une variété d’implications pour la pratique des conseillers pédagogiques quand ceux-ci sont à la recherche de soutien pour le développement de l’identité en ACEA des chercheurs dans leurs établissements respectifs.

Understanding How Students Learn: Preparing Students to Become Professionals

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Lizbeth Curme Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Academic Service Learning

Abstract The intent of this article is to share my research endeavors in order to raise awareness of issues relative to what and how we teach as a means to spark interest in applying the scholarship of teaching and learning to what we do as faculty in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). My own interest in teaching and learning emerged rather abruptly after I introduced academic service-learning (AS-L) into one of my graduate courses (Stevens, 2002). To better prepare students to enter our profession, I have provided them with unique learning opportunities working with various community partners including both speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and teachers who supported persons with severe communication disorders.

Workshop: Enhancing the scholarship of teaching and learning as a journal reviewer

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew N. Christopher ◽  
William S. Altman ◽  
Pam Marek
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching

Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Jared McDonald
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
The University

Dr Jared McDonald, of the Department of History at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa, reviews As by fire: the end of the South African university, written by former UFS vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen.    How to cite this book review: MCDONALD, Jared. Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 117-119, Sep. 2017. Available at: <http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18>. Date accessed: 12 Sep. 2017.   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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