SPECIAL SESSION: Will the True Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Please Stand

Description/Overview: Since the publication of Boyer’s seminal work on scholarship (1990) and subsequently his 1996 paper unpacking scholarship of teaching, higher education has been transformed. Clearly, knowledge is not static and one dimensional and numerous developments have taken place over the past 20 years. This presentation will differentiate between research-led teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Specific attention will be given to elements of teaching and learning scholarship and how it is embedded in the research-teaching nexus. Finally, the presentation will conclude on how excellence in teaching and learning scholarship may be evaluated. The presentation will differentiate between scholarship of teaching and learning and research-led teaching, and explore indicators for evaluation of excellence of teaching and learning scholarship. The target audience for this presentation is academics, educators and clinical supervisors involved with the practice of teaching and learning. Since the publication of Boyer’s seminal work on scholarship (1990) and subsequently his 1996 paper unpacking scholarship of teaching, higher education has been transformed. Clearly, knowledge is not static and one dimensional and numerous developments have taken place over the past 20 years. This presentation will differentiate between research-led teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Specific attention will be given to elements of teaching and learning scholarship and how it is embedded in the research-teaching nexus. Finally, the presentation will conclude on how excellence in teaching and learning scholarship may be evaluated. The presentation will differentiate between scholarship of teaching and learning and research-led teaching, and explore indicators for evaluation of excellence of teaching and learning scholarship. The target audience for this presentation is academics, educators and clinical supervisors involved with the practice of teaching and learning. Since the publication of Boyer’s seminal work on scholarship (1990) and subsequently his 1996 paper unpacking scholarship of teaching, higher education has been transformed. Clearly, knowledge is not static and one dimensional and numerous developments have taken place over the past 20 years. This presentation will differentiate between research-led teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Specific attention will be given to elements of teaching and learning scholarship and how it is embedded in the research-teaching nexus. Finally, the presentation will conclude on how excellence in teaching and learning scholarship may be evaluated. The presentation will differentiate between scholarship of teaching and learning and research-led teaching, and explore indicators for evaluation of excellence of teaching and learning scholarship. The target audience for this presentation is academics, educators and clinical supervisors involved with the practice of teaching and learning.