How SoTL-Active Faculty Members Can Be Cosmopolitan Assets to an Institution

Faculty members engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning generate visible analyses of the learning taking place in their institutions, provide excellent models of practice for local colleagues, generate high-quality evidence for internal and external assessment, and offer accessible examp...

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Main Author: Daniel Bernstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2013-03-01
Series:Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal
Online Access:http://tlijournal.com/tli/index.php/TLI/article/view/29
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description Faculty members engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning generate visible analyses of the learning taking place in their institutions, provide excellent models of practice for local colleagues, generate high-quality evidence for internal and external assessment, and offer accessible examples of quality education to prospective students. SoTL contributions of this kind should be nurtured by institutions as a basic expectation of high-quality instruction. I discuss these faculty contributions as assets derived from a cosmopolitan social role within their organizations, and I develop a recommendation for institutional strategy from that perspective.
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spelling doaj.art-eec06efae5444a41adfaba7dd336ed4e2022-12-22T03:46:01ZengUniversity of CalgaryTeaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal2167-47792167-47872013-03-0111354010.20343/teachlearninqu.1.1.3511How SoTL-Active Faculty Members Can Be Cosmopolitan Assets to an InstitutionDaniel Bernstein0University of KansasFaculty members engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning generate visible analyses of the learning taking place in their institutions, provide excellent models of practice for local colleagues, generate high-quality evidence for internal and external assessment, and offer accessible examples of quality education to prospective students. SoTL contributions of this kind should be nurtured by institutions as a basic expectation of high-quality instruction. I discuss these faculty contributions as assets derived from a cosmopolitan social role within their organizations, and I develop a recommendation for institutional strategy from that perspective.http://tlijournal.com/tli/index.php/TLI/article/view/29
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