Centre for Academic and Instructional Development - Teaching Scholar Program

In recent years, the concept of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) has attracted a great deal of attention in higher education and has been integrated into the strategic plans of universities world-wide.  It assumes that individual faculty, academic departments, even whole institutions take a scholarly approach to teaching and learning – from reflecting on practice and identifying challenges, to research and publication in the field. Universities which encourage this scholarly approach have established a number of programs which support this work.  Faculty Associate designations, Teaching Fellows, Teaching Scholars – all provide opportunities for individual faculty to identify a ‘teaching challenge’ and to focus some of their scholarly activity in this area.

2006 - 2007  Teaching Scholar, Dr. Shelagh Crooks, Department of Philosophy

             Article, Teaching and Learning at Saint Mary's on Teaching Scholar Project  (PDF, Vol. 17, Special Issue, Fall 2006)

2007 - 2008   Teaching Scholar, Dr. Adam Sarty, Department of Astronomy & Physics

             Article, Teaching and Learning at Saint Mary’s on Teaching Scholar Project  (PDF, Vol. 18, Number 1, Fall 2007)

2008 – 2009 Teaching Scholar, Dr. Edna Keeble, Department of Political Science

• Article in Teaching and Learning at Saint Mary’s on Teaching Scholar Project   (PDF, Vol. 19, Number 1, Fall 2008)                             
• Document:   CoP-ing at SMU: A Community of Practice Focusing on First-Year Students  (PDF)                                                                                          

2009-2010 Teaching Scholar, Dr. Terry Wagar, Department of Management

2010 - 2011 Teaching Scholar, Dr. Cathy Conrad, Department of Geography

• Article in Teaching and Learning at Saint Mary’s on Teaching Scholar Project  (PDF, exerpt, Vol. 21, Number 1, Fall 2010)

2011 - 2012 Teaching Scholar, Dr. Anne Marie Dalton, Department of Religious Studies

• Article in Teaching and Learning at Saint Mary's on Teaching Scholar Project  (PDF, exerpt, Vol. 22, Number 1, Fall 2011)

Call for Proposals - 2012/13 Academic Year