Open AccessWhat use is SoTL?: Using the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Develop a Curriculum for First Year University History Classes
Author(s) -
Jennifer Clark
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of university teaching and learning practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1449-9789
DOI - 10.53761/1.6.2.3
Subject(s) - scholarship of teaching and learning , scholarship , curriculum , discipline , pedagogy , historical thinking , mathematics education , process (computing) , critical thinking , teaching method , sociology , psychology , teaching and learning center , social science , computer science , political science , law , operating system
Literature pertaining to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is growing but there are few studies dealing with disciplinary differences. The SoTL relating to History is a recently emerging development. But what use is SoTL for History if it can not be translated into improving teaching practice? This paper examines the process of identifying current thinking in the specific SoTL of History, especially the teaching of historical thinking, and applying it to the development of a new history curriculum for first year students.