The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in and Across the Disciplines

edited by Kathleen McKinney, foreword by Mary Taylor Huber, with contributions by Cheryl M. Albers, Curtis D. Bennett, Jeffrey L. Bernstein, Angela Bauer-Dantoin, Nancy L. Chick, Tyler B. Christensen, Jacqueline M. Dewar, Arlene J. Díaz, Regan A. R. Gurung, Beth M. Schwartz, Liz Grauerholz, Melissa Gresalfi, Katherine D. Kearns, Eric Main, Antonio E. Mateiro, Joan Middendorf, David Pace, Caroline Hodges Persell, Gary Poole, Nancy Randall, David A. Reichard, Jennifer Meta Robinson, Lauren Scharff, Leah Shopkow, April K. Sievert, Kathy Takayama, Carmen Werder

Kathleen McKinney is Professor of Sociology and Cross Endowed Chair in Scholarship of Teaching at Illinois State University. Her books include Enhancing Learning through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

ForewordMary HuberIntroduction to SoTL in and across the DisciplinesKathleen McKinneyPart I. SoTL In the Disciplines1. Difference, Privilege, and Power in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: The Value of Humanities SoTLNancy L. Chick2. Contributions from Psychology: Heuristics for Interdisciplinary Advancement of SoTLRegan A. R. Gurung and Beth M. Schwartz3. SoTL and Interdisciplinary Encounters in the Study of Students' Understanding of Mathematical ProofCurtis Bennett and Jacqueline Dewar4. Plowing through Bottlenecks in Political Science: Experts and Novices at WorkJeffrey L. Bernstein5. The History Learning Project "Decodes" a Discipline: The Union of Teaching and EpistemologyLeah Shopkow, Arlene Diaz, Joan Middenorf, and David Pace6. Assessing Strategies for Teaching Key Sociological UnderstandingsCaroline Hodges Persell and Antonio E. MateiroPart II. SoTL Across the Disciplines7. Square One: What is Research?Gary Poole8. Fallacies of SoTL: Rethinking How We Conduct Our ResearchLiz Grauerholz and Eric Main9. Exploring Student Learning in Unfamiliar Territory: A Humanist and a Scientist Compare NotesDavid A. Reichard and Kathy Takayama10. Talking Across the Disciplines: Building Communicative Competence in a Multidisciplinary Graduate-Student Seminar on Inquiry in Teaching and LearningJennifer Meta Robinson, Melissa Gresalfi, Tyler Booth Christensen, April K. Sievert, Katherine Dowell Kearns, and Miriam E. Zolan11. Getting at the Big Picture through SoTLLauren Scharff12. Growing Our Own Understanding of Teaching and Learning: Planting the Seeds and Reaping the HarvestCheryl Albers13. Navigating Interdisciplinary Rip Tides on the Way to the Scholarship of Integrative LearningCarmen WerderContributorsIndex