TY - JOUR
T1 - The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as collaborative working
T2 - a case study in shared practice and collective purpose
AU - Kahn, Peter
AU - Goodhew, Peter
AU - Murphy, Matt
AU - Walsh, Lorraine
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has yet to fully enter the mainstream of life in higher education. In this case study, we consider a specific network focused on the reform of engineering education. The network involves global collaboration within the discipline of Engineering and is based around curricular activity that affects entire departments or groups of staff. We suggest that SoTL should pay greater attention to collaboration that addresses substantive disciplinary purposes, further embodying these purposes through spaces, motivations and capacities for action in the disciplinary and departmental setting. We frame our argument around a theoretical model of collaborative working in higher education and go on to offer a synoptic overview of ways to articulate common purpose around teaching and learning at large. Our account highlights potential drivers for such collaborative activity in other settings. In this way, we offer a means for others to develop the collective commitments, structures and understanding needed to mainstream SoTL within specific disciplinary or departmental settings.
AB - The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has yet to fully enter the mainstream of life in higher education. In this case study, we consider a specific network focused on the reform of engineering education. The network involves global collaboration within the discipline of Engineering and is based around curricular activity that affects entire departments or groups of staff. We suggest that SoTL should pay greater attention to collaboration that addresses substantive disciplinary purposes, further embodying these purposes through spaces, motivations and capacities for action in the disciplinary and departmental setting. We frame our argument around a theoretical model of collaborative working in higher education and go on to offer a synoptic overview of ways to articulate common purpose around teaching and learning at large. Our account highlights potential drivers for such collaborative activity in other settings. In this way, we offer a means for others to develop the collective commitments, structures and understanding needed to mainstream SoTL within specific disciplinary or departmental settings.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890434439&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07294360.2013.806439
DO - 10.1080/07294360.2013.806439
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890434439
SN - 0729-4360
VL - 32
SP - 901
EP - 914
JO - Higher Education Research and Development
JF - Higher Education Research and Development
IS - 6
ER -