International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 2, Number 2, July 2008
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Navigating the SoTL Landscape: A Compass, Map and Some Tools
for Getting Started
Since the scholarship of teaching and learning entails the
design of, and evidence-based inquiry into, teaching, learning and pedagogical
practice – faculty new to this field face the challenging task
of mastering perspectives, processes and practices that can be disparate
to their disciplinary foundations. This paper offers an introductory
overview of some essential ideas that help shape the design and intention
of SoTL activities, and provides guidelines for undertaking SoTL projects.
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Mia O’Brien
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
mia.obrien@uq.edu.au
I am a Lecturer in Higher Education in the Teaching and Educational Development Institute at the University of Queensland. In this capacity I coordinate the university’s Introduction to University Teaching and Learning Program, Curriculum Leadership Program, and facilitate activities across the faculties in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. I teach within my core discipline of teacher education. My Ph.D. thesis and research interests focus on pedagogical content knowledge, intention and reasoning; and investigate the role of threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge and pedagogic resonance as critical concepts within teachers’ thinking and practice. I am involved in several competitively funded grants that offer opportunities to further examine disciplinary pedagogies and scholarship. Potential collaborators welcome!