{"title":"The similarities and differences between scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning","authors":"James E. Groccia","doi":"10.12697/eha.2023.11.2.02b","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a laudable activity and an important endeavor for teaching improvement and the elevation of teaching within the academic and professional hierarchy, I suggest that increased and continued focus needs to be placed on enhancing scholarly teaching as a precursor to the scholarship of teaching and learning. I believe that there would be a greater return on investment, e.g., better teaching and greater learning, if universities first focus on enhancing scholarly teaching before efforts to encourage academic staff to develop time and resource-intensive SoTL projects. This article clarifies the similarities and differences between scholarly teaching and SoTL to assist universities in this process. I present an overview of scholarly teaching based on a model describing important variables in university teaching and learning, as well as a brief history and essential elements of SoTL. The article concludes with a summary of scholarly teaching and SoTL which suggests that the two educational processes possess complementary but, at times, divergent goals.","PeriodicalId":500520,"journal":{"name":"Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12697/eha.2023.11.2.02b","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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While engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a laudable activity and an important endeavor for teaching improvement and the elevation of teaching within the academic and professional hierarchy, I suggest that increased and continued focus needs to be placed on enhancing scholarly teaching as a precursor to the scholarship of teaching and learning. I believe that there would be a greater return on investment, e.g., better teaching and greater learning, if universities first focus on enhancing scholarly teaching before efforts to encourage academic staff to develop time and resource-intensive SoTL projects. This article clarifies the similarities and differences between scholarly teaching and SoTL to assist universities in this process. I present an overview of scholarly teaching based on a model describing important variables in university teaching and learning, as well as a brief history and essential elements of SoTL. The article concludes with a summary of scholarly teaching and SoTL which suggests that the two educational processes possess complementary but, at times, divergent goals.