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The scholarship of teaching and learning: A Special Niche for Faculty at Comprehensive Universities?

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We investigated the involvement of faculty members at comprehensive universities in scholarship of teaching and learning publishing activities in four disciplines. Compared to to their publishing rates in research-oriented journals, comprehensive university faculty members were more involved in publishing articles and serving on editorial boards for pedagogical journals. Over the past three decades, the relative involvement in the scholarship of teaching and learning journals by faculty members at comprehensive universities and liberal arts colleges has increased whereas participation by faculty members at research universities has declined.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, USA

    Bruce B. Henderson

  2. Hunter Libray, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, USA

    Heidi E. Buchanan

  3. Department of Psychology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, 28723, USA

    Bruce B. Henderson

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Appendix: Descriptions of Journals Used as Data Sources

Appendix: Descriptions of Journals Used as Data Sources

The journals we used cover three types of scholarship: teaching, discovery, and integration. The research-oriented journals do not necessarily provide pure representations of “integration” or “discovery.” They are sometimes a combination of the two. The journals in the discovery category are traditional empirical research journals. The ones that we have put in the integration category are review journals. The teaching journals vary according to their definition of the scholarship of teaching. The Journal of Chemical Education contains informal teaching tips such as illustrations or chemical equations. The others generally have a more rigorous view of the scholarship of teaching. The articles in the latter journals often report an experiment or study, and usually include a literature review. All of the teaching journals focus on pedagogy rather than simply the subject content of the discipline. We have accepted the broader view of the scholarship of teaching and learning: taking what one has learned about teaching and making that knowledge public.

The descriptions of the journals in this appendix are based on current issues and recent descriptions of the journals. The journals have remained fairly consistent over the years that this paper covers. The year in which the journals were first published, the type of scholarship they generally represent, and brief descriptions of the content of each journal are provided below.

American Journal of Sociology (1895)

Scholarship Emphasis: Discovery

Description: A leading sociology research journal, published by the University of Chicago. According to Magazines for Libraries, this journal covers all areas of sociology and articles “cover a broad spectrum of theoretical and empirical sociological research” (LaGuardia, 2005, p. 943).

American Sociological Review (1936)

Scholarship Emphasis: Integration

Description: The American Sociological Review is the “flagship” journal of the American Sociological Association. It offers “original” articles in sociology (research results, methods, and new theory) with an emphasis on items of “exceptional quality and general interest” (American Sociological Association, 2006).

Chemical Reviews (1924)

Scholarship Emphasis: Integration

Description: Published by the American Chemical Society, Chemical Reviews provides articles that review and summarize research in all fields of chemistry (American Chemical Society, 2006a). Magazines for Libraries calls it, “a core title, which as of 2003, boasted the highest impact factor of any multidisciplinary chemistry journal” (LaGuardia, 2005, p. 217).

Journal of Chemical Education (1924)

Scholarship Emphasis: Teaching and Learning

Description: This publication by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Education contains articles written by and written for chemistry teachers at all levels. There are hundreds of articles in each volume including illustrations, equations, and other teaching aids, which are “useful in both the classroom and laboratory” (Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society, 2006).

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (1916)

Scholarship Emphasis: Discovery

Description: This journal replaces/continues (in part) the Journal of Experimental Psychology. The “high-quality, cutting-edge” research articles focus on general areas of experimental psychology, as opposed to more specialized areas. (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Editorial Office, 2006).

Journal of the American Chemical Society (1879)

Scholarship Emphasis: Discovery

Description: The Journal of the American Chemical Society, a weekly research journal by the American Chemical Society, is “the preeminent journal in the field” (American Chemical Society, 2006b).

Journal of Marketing Education (1979)

Scholarship Emphasis: Teaching and Learning

Description: Aimed at those in higher education, this journal is officially published by Sage Communications and is focused on the discussion of teaching experiences and methods in the field of marketing (Marketing Educators’ Association, 2006).

Journal of Marketing Research (1964)

Scholarship Emphasis: Discovery

Description: The Journal of Marketing Research, published by the American Marketing Association, includes articles that focus on issues in marketing “from its philosophy, concepts, and theories to its methods, techniques, and applications” (American Marketing Association, 2006).

Psychological Bulletin (1904)

Scholarship Emphasis: Integration

Description: This American Psychological Association journal publishes review articles and “interpretations of issues in scientific psychology” (American Psychological Association, 2006). Review articles feature, and sometimes critically assess, “past” empirical research (American Psychological Association, 2006).

Teaching of Psychology (1974)

Scholarship Emphasis: Teaching and Learning

Description: Teaching of Psychology is published by the American Psychological Association. Teaching and learning articles, often empirical, include discussion, opinions, and teaching aids for psychology teachers (Beins, 1997).

Teaching Sociology (1973)

Scholarship Emphasis: Teaching and Learning

Description: This American Sociological Association publication provides articles to assist in the teaching of sociology. It includes research studies and essays relating to pedagogy (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Le Moyne College, 2006).

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Henderson, B.B., Buchanan, H.E. The scholarship of teaching and learning: A Special Niche for Faculty at Comprehensive Universities?. Res High Educ 48, 523–543 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-006-9035-2

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