Volume 2, Issue 1, August 2008 - Scholarly Activity in Relationship to Teaching and Learning

Transformative Dialogues: teaching and learning eJournal

What is Scholarly Activity in Relationship to Teaching and Learning? How Do We Assess Scholarships other than Academic Papers? We believe that in a broad definition that includes scholarly teaching which we define as the application of teaching and learning principles to the practice of teaching to enable more effective teaching strategies and learning outcome. Read about your colleagues experiences and research around scholarly activities as it relates to teaching and learning.

Editorial

o    Scholarly Activities and Ways of Sharing - Dr. Balbir Kaur Gurm, Editor-in-Chief, Alice Macpherson, Technical Editor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Articles & Essays

o    Towards a Scholarship of Teaching, Learning and Leadership - Dr. Doug Hamilton, Royal Roads University

o    Assessing Faculty Wellness: Critical Foundations for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Dr. Harry Hubball and Darren West MEd, UBC

o    Assessing student engagement in small and large classes - Dr. Giuseppe Iaria and D. Harry Hubball, UBC

o    Using Traumatic Material in Teaching - Patricia Kostouros MA R.Psych, Mount Royal College

o    Gender Considerations and Innovative Learning-centred Assessment Practices - Dr. Linda Lanyon and Dr. Harry Hubball, UBC

o    Involving students in social Science Research - Dr. William McConnell, Roger G. Albert, M.A., & Dr. John P. Marton, North Island College

o    Performance Ethnography: Scholarly inquiry in the here and now - Carol Marie Oberg, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Reflections

o    Teaching a Non-Course - Dr. Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge

o Creating Space for Dialogue in Student Evaluation - Marilyn Noble, MEd

Literature Review

o    Academic Dishonesty in Postsecondary Education - Maureen Wideman, UOIT


With grateful thanks to the Reviewers for this Issue:

Martin Jenkins, Marianne Poumay, Lynn Taylor, Lesley Hemsworth, Joel Murray, Iain Doherty, Elizabeth Wallace, David Wright, Chris Garrett, Carol Hansen, Betsy Newell Decyk, Adrienne Huber, Joe Greenholtz, Maree O'Keefe, Balbir Gurm, Alice Macpherson, Al Valleau.


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