Open AccessDeveloping Scholarly Teachers Through an SoTL Faculty Fellowship
Author(s) -
Fisher Beth A.,
Repice Michelle D.,
Dufault Carolyn L.,
Leonard Denise A.,
Frey Regina F.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/tia2.20011
Subject(s) - scholarship of teaching and learning , scholarship , mathematics education , computer science , test (biology) , teaching method , pedagogy , teaching and learning center , sociology , psychology , political science , law , paleontology , biology
The increasing interest in incorporating evidenced‐based teaching in higher education has created a pronounced need for faculty to learn the theory and practice of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ( SoTL ). This article describes a program designed to prepare faculty to (a) draw on existing SoTL studies when designing and implementing evidenced‐based teaching methods, (b) design SoTL studies to test the effectiveness of those methods, and (c) integrate their new knowledge of SoTL into the practice of “scholarly teaching.” This program has proven to be a successful model for incorporating evidenced‐based teaching into undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ( STEM ) courses at our university.