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Current Issue
Volume 3, Number 2 [acceptance rate this issue was 18%]
July 2009

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Invited Essays on SoTL

Teaching Travels: Reflections on the Social Life of Classroom Inquiry and Innovation
Mary Taylor Huber (The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)

Asking Questions that Matter … Asking Questions of Value
Richard Gale (Mount Royal College)

The Carnegie Catalyst: A Case Study in Internationalisation of SoTL
Bettie Higgs (University College Cork)

A Knowledge Structures Perspective on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Ian Kinchin (King’s College London)

Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning with Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs)
Konai Helu Thaman (University of the South Pacific)

Disciplines, Institutions and the Performance-Based Research Fund: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from a New Zealand Perspective
Deborah Willis (Victoria University of Wellington)

SoTL Commons Conference: A Spirit of Inquiry
Margaret Davis, Kera Watkins, and Deborah Allen (Georgia Southern University)

Research Articles

Developing Useful and Transferable Skills: Course Design to Prepare Students for a Life of Learning
Christopher Justice, James Rice & Wayne Warry (McMaster University)

A Method for Collaboratively Developing and Validating a Rubric
Sandra Allen (Columbia College Chicago) & John Knight (University of Tennessee at Martin)

Transformative Education in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:
An Analysis of SoTL Literature

Lorraine Gilpin & Delores Liston (Georgia Southern University)

What Drives Research-focused University Academics to Want to Teach Effectively?: Examining Achievement, Self-efficacy and Self-esteem
Linda Evans & Maria Bertani Tress (University of Leeds)

Expert Teaching Professors: Sharing Their Expertise
Han Sik Shim (National Institute for Lifelong Education) & Gene Roth (Northern Illinois University)

A Measure to Assess Student-Instructor Relationships
Gary Creasey, Patricia Jarvis & Elyse Knapcik (Illinois State University)

Improvement in Writing and Reviewing Skills with Calibrated Peer Review
Adalet Baris Gunersel (Temple University) & Nancy Simpson (Texas A&M University)

Effects of Inquiry-based Learning on Students’ Science Literacy Skills and Confidence
Peggy Brickman, Cara Gormally, Norris Armstrong (University of Georgia) & Brittan Hallar (West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission)

Clickers in Large Classes: From Student Perceptions Towards an Understanding of Best Practices
Marc Patry (Saint Mary's University)

Perspectives on Online Teaching and Learning: A Report of Two Novice Online Educators
Dennis Conrad (State University of New York-Potsdam) & Joan Pedro (University of Hartford)

Evaluating Gender Bias in Ratings of University Instructors’ Teaching Effectiveness
Suzanne Young & Leslie Rush (University of Wyoming) & Dale Shaw (University of Northern Colorado)

Project-based Service-Learning in an Instructional Technology Graduate Program
William Brescia & Cristie Mullins (University of Tennessee Health Science Center) & Michael Miller (University of Arkansas)

Service-Learning: A Venue for Enhancing Pre-Service Educators’ Knowledge Base for Teaching
Karen Meaney & Kent Griffin (Texas Tech University) & Heidi Bohler (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)

Perceptions of Visual Culture in Turkish Pre-Service Art Teacher Preparation
Nur Balkir (University of North Texas)

Special Treatment or Responsive Instruction? Teaching Teachers in Master’s-Level Coursework
Stacy Duffield & Angela Hodge (North Dakota State University)

Essays About SoTL

Triggering Engagement in SoTL through Threshold Concepts
Jan McLean (University of New South Wales)

Communities, Voices and Portals of Engagement
Kathy Takayama (Brown University)

Is All Scholarship Equally Valued? Fusion of Horizons on the Definition and Status of Scholarship
Balbir Kaur Gurm (Kwantlen Polytechnic University)

Between Teaching and Learning: Personal Notes on the Scholarship of Artistic Practice
Daniel Siedell (University of Nebraska-Omaha)

The Working Alliance in Teaching and Learning: Theoretical Clarity and Research Implications
Daniel Rogers (Kennesaw State University)

Personal Reflections

Reflective Learning as a Student and an Educator: Connecting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Annetta Tsang (University of Queensland)

Playing for SoTL Impact: A Personal Reflection
Nicola Simmons (University of Waterloo)

Lessons from My Students and Other Reflections on SoTL
Kathleen McKinney (Illinois State University)

Teaching’s Way
Ray Miller (Appalachian State University)

Book Reviews

Designing Coherent Science Education: Implications for Curriculum, Instruction, and Policy, Yael Kali, Marcia Linn & Jo Roseman, Editors (Teachers College Press, 2008)
Review by Andreina Parisi-Amon (Stanford University)


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