The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

By Dan Bernstein and Randy Bass the past decade, the of teaching and has attracted increasing attention in higher education. Some see it as a new way of thinking about teaching in the context of evidence about student learning; others approach it through more formal and structured inquiry into student learning that involves peer review and critique and publication equivalent to that for traditional scholarship. For the past several years, the two of us have been engaged at the campus and national levels in efforts related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. We direct centers for teaching on our campuses and have served as directors and principal investigators of national projects that encourage faculty to analyze student learning for the purpose of improving teaching and learning. Dan Bernstein Randy Bass Dan Bernstein is professor of psychology and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas. Randy Bass is assistant provost for teaching and learning initiatives and associate professor of English at Georgetown University, where he directs the Center