Scholarship of Teaching

In 1990, Ernest Boyer’s book, Scholarship Reconsidered, stimulated discussion throughout higher education about the nature of scholarship. In most American universities scholarship has been evaluated in terms of published research. Boyer suggested that teachers who keep up with current developments, who devise better ways for students to learn, or who do research on methods of teaching and patterns of learning are also scholars. Today we understand and accept more fully, that good teaching involves much scholarly activity, which when shared with colleagues, builds on the general knowledge pool of teaching and learning.