Open AccessA Teaching Conference of One's Own: Inviting Faculty into the Scholarly Work of Teaching
Author(s) -
Sievers Julie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/tia2.20021
Subject(s) - scholarship , value (mathematics) , work (physics) , sociology , teaching and learning center , scholarship of teaching and learning , university faculty , pedagogy , teaching method , mathematics education , engineering ethics , medical education , psychology , political science , medicine , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , law , machine learning
This essay examines the value of creating a peer‐reviewed conference on teaching at one's own campus. A conference created by faculty and for faculty is an effective way to address several challenges faced by many teaching centers, especially the challenge of involving a wide range of faculty in scholarly approaches to teaching. I cite experience and data from my center's work in this area over the past six years and contextualize it amidst the literature on the scholarship of teaching and learning.