Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
- CASTL: Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Faculty Research
- Publication Venues
- Teaching Conferences
- International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
An important aspect of the Center's mission is to support the efforts by UMass Dartmouth faculty to contribute to and engage with scholarly reflections on learning and teaching in higher education. To this end, we aim to provide up-to-date information about grant opportunities, publication venues, and regional and national conferences pertaining to university-level teaching. We also hope to facilitate access to the teaching-related publications of faculty and promote communication and possible collaboration between faculty members who share teaching-related research interests.
Please send any information you feel would support active engagement on our campus with the scholarship of teaching to the Center.
CASTL: Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
UMass Dartmouth is an affiliate of the Institutional Leadership Program sponsored by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL). CASTL represents a major initiative of The Carnegie Foundation. Launched in 1998, the CASTL Program seeks to support the development of a scholarship of teaching and learning that:
- fosters significant, long-lasting learning for all students
- enhances the practice and profession of teaching
- brings to faculty members' work as teachers, the recognition and reward afforded to other forms of scholarly work
More information about CASTL at UMass Dartmouth
Faculty Research on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Many UMass Dartmouth faculty conduct research and engage in scholarly reflections on university-level teaching and learning. We are in the process of collecting and posting information on scholarship of teaching and learning projects at UMass Dartmouth. The aim is to build a campus-wide network of scholars working in these areas.
View faculty research on the scholarship of teaching and learning
To contribute information about your own research or suggest the addition of information on a colleague's research, please contact the Center.
Publication Venues
Milner Library at Illinois State University has developed an extensive list of journals related to teaching and learning. The list is linked to each journal’s home page: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Potential Publishing Outlets.
Teaching Conferences
An extensive list of conferences related to university-level teaching, both general and interdisciplinary, has been developed by Kennesaw State University in GA. The list includes the locations and dates of each conference and provides links to the conference's web site: Calendar of National and Regional Teaching Conferences and Workshops.
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
CTE is a member of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL). ISSOTL serves faculty members, staff, and students who care about teaching and learning as serious intellectual work. The goal of the Society is to foster inquiry and disseminate findings about what improves and articulates post-secondary learning and teaching.
ISSOTL is organized to
- Recognize and encourage scholarly work on teaching and learning in each discipline, within other scholarly societies, and across educational levels
- Promote cross-disciplinary conversation to create synergy and prompt new lines of inquiry
- Facilitate the collaboration of scholars in different countries and the flow of new findings and applications across national boundaries
- Encourage the integration of discovery, learning and public engagement
- Advocate for support, review, recognition, and appropriate uses of the
scholarship of teaching and learning.
Further information on ISSOTL can be found at: http://www.issotl.org
