Why Bother with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Why Bother with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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This paper argues that the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) matters on at least six interrelated levels.First, SoTL matters because learning matters, and SoTL Dairy Cheese can help students learn more effectively.Second, it offers professors the tools to more effectively share their disciplinary passions.

Third, it offers faculty an avenue for continued intellectual growth.Fourth, SoTL can build strong crossdisciplinary communities that enliven the intellectual climate.Fifth, it can inform institutional policymaking.

Finally, SoTL matters even when it does not directly transform institutional policy, because SoTL embodies a spirit of Base Coats pedagogical innovation that enlivens the quest for learning and reminds us why it is worth pursuing.