Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SOTL)

The scholarship of teaching and learning is promoted at Duquesne University through faculty learning groups, the Creative Teaching Award, the Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Learning Assessment Mini Grants.  Tailored consultation by CTE staff is available for all of these programs because we do not vote on who receives awards or mini grants.

Many Duquesne faculty have published articles on college teaching and learning.  Here is a list of publications from CTE’s 20th anniversary.

Duquesne Faculty Publications on University Teaching & Learning 1989 – 2009

Definitions of SOTL

“Systematic reflection on teaching and learning made public.”  Illinois State University

“The scholarship of teaching and learning involves systematic study of teaching and/or learning and the public sharing and review of such work through presentations or publications (Kathleen McKinney, “What is SOTL in Higher Education?"

“The scholarship of teaching and learning addresses the intellectual work of the classroom, especially teaching and learning, as the focus of disciplinary-based inquiry, captures that work in appropriate formats for self-reflection or presentation to peers, and applies the results to practice” (Barbara Cambridge, Fostering the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Communities of Practice, 2001).

Resources and Journals

Illinois State University provides helpful SOTL resources, including a list of journals where SOTL research is published and disciplinary based resources and publications.

International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) holds annual conferences and offers many resources for getting started and conducting SOTL research.

Internal Review Board

Researchers need to get IRB approval for the use of human subjects if they plan to present findings on student learning beyond our own campus in presentations or publications.  Duquesne University Human Subject and Research Policies and Procedures