Introduction

Abstract

This chapter begins by discussing the challenges professors face balancing teaching, research, and service demands, and how quality teaching and research are defined and recognized in different kinds of institutional settings. It then discusses the importance of the “teacher-scholar” model in higher education and how aligning teaching, research, and service can help faculty in both their research and teaching efforts. Finally, it provides an overview of the book’s six parts and the chapters therein: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Pedagogical Research; Leveraging Scholarship to Enhance the Pedagogy of Simulations, Games, and Role Play Exercises; Writing Textbooks; Conducting Research with Students; Research with Students: Experiential Learning and Civic Engagement; Embedding Research in Teaching, and Generating Research Ideas from Teaching.