Presenters: Dr. Vivian Schoner

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A More Capacious Definition of Scholarship the
Carnegie Academy and the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning at the University of Waterloo

• Presenters Dr. Vivian Schoner
• Dr. Catherine Schryer
• Katrina Strampel

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Capacious

• The scholarship of discovery
• the scholarship of integration
• the scholarship of application
• and the scholarship of teaching?

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Scholarship of Teaching

• The facilitation of the transfer (negotiation) of
  the art and science of a discipline from expert
  to novice
• Evidence of scholarship learning theory
  development, external reviews, textbooks, outcome
  studies, peer reviewed publications and
  presentations

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching

• What does it do?
• Why should we belong?
• Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching
  and Learning
• Carnegie Campus Program
• CASTL

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Carnegie/AAHE Partners Affiliate Program

• Partners Affiliate Program
• Carnegie Scholars Program
• University of Waterloo
• Teaching Based Research Group

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SOTL in the Research UniversityIdeas for
Discussion

• Why make SOTL a part of the research agenda in
  higher education? Some issues
• To establish SOTL as a legitimate field of
  enquiry
• To develop a core of discipline-based research on
  strategic teaching and learning practices
• To promote SOTL as a viable research component of
  the promotion and tenure process

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Challenges

• Appropriate recognition
• Researching your own practice
• Others?