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The Scholarship of Teaching, Learning, and Engagement

The resources below are intended to provide an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and the Scholarship of Engagement (SoE). This site is currently undergoing development (spring, 2010).

Selected Resources on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - An Annotated Bibliography. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has compiled an extensive list of resources related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. As highlighted on Carnegie's web site:

For many in higher education, the most salient history (of the scholarship of teaching and learning) begins with Scholarship Reconsidered, the 1990 report by Ernest Boyer, writing as president of The Carnegie Foundation. Boyer contends we must "move beyond the tired old ‘teaching versus research' debate and give the familiar and honorable term ‘scholarship' a broader, more capacious meaning," one that includes four distinct but interrelated dimensions: discovery, integration, application, and teaching. In thus staking a claim for the scholarship of teaching, Boyer seeks to bring greater recognition and reward to teaching, and is also suggesting that excellent teaching is marked by the same habits of mind that characterize other types of scholarly work. (more...)

The resources linked below provide a comprehensive look at the history of the scholarship of teaching and learning, background on the nature of the scholarship of teaching and learning, examples of the scholarship of teaching and learning in practice, and additional resources for those interested in participating in this scholarly activity.

• Annotated bibliography (html)
• Annotated bibliography (pdf)
• Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) resources

Selected Resources on the Scholarship of Engagement

The Scholarship of Engagement (SoE) is an extension of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning that focuses on research bringing together academic coursework and community engagement, whether by faculty members or students. Resources will be added here during spring, 2010.