Scholarship as Process

specializations include the role of teacher educators and teacher education in knowledge creation, utilization, and diffusion. Some writers describe scholarship as the sine qua non for higher education faculty (wins-niewski & Ducharme, 1989). Although many rewards and benefits are tied to scholarly produc-tivity, few faculty engage in scholarly productiv-ity as measured by refereed publications consis-tently across careers. In this article, I identify.. what scholarly productivity is and why it is desirable; explore why scholarly productivity is not typical in schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs); and provide insights from productive scholars for promising ways to encour-age scholarship.