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Ten sets of disciplinary scholars respond to an orienting essay that raises questions about the history of discourse about teaching and learning in the disciplines, the ways in which disciplinary -styles- influence inquiry into teaching and learning, and the nature and roles of interdisciplinary exchange. The authors hope to -contribute to a common language for trading ideas, enlarging our pedagogical imaginations, and strengthening our scholarly work.- Disciplines represented: chemistry; communication studies, engineering, English studies, history, management sciences, mathematics,...

A publication of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, this important resource builds on the work of Carnegie's best-selling books, Scholarship Reconsidered and Scholarship Assessed. The Advancement of Learning explores the premise that the scholarship of teaching and learning holds the key to improving the quality of higher education.

The Advancement of Learning answers questions readers are likely to have:

• What are the defining elements of the scholarship of teaching and learning?
• What traditions does it build on?
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Drawing on interviews with Dan Bernstein (psychology, University of Nebraska), Brian Coppola (chemistry, University of Michigan), Sheri Sheppard (mechanical engineering, Stanford University), Randy Bass (American literature, Georgetown University), and colleagues within and outside their institutions and fields, the author looks at the routes these pathfinders have traveled through the scholarship of teaching and learning and at the consequences that this unusual work has had for the advancement of their careers, especially tenure and promotion.

In collaboration with the Carnegie...