Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders
Journal Article
Webb, A. S., & Tierney, A. M. (2020)
Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 57(5), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905
In this paper, we focus on the experience of faculty learning to do the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Our two studies uncovered similar threshold concepts in So...
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Pedagogic Research within the Disciplines: Should it be Included in the Research Excellence Framework?
Journal Article
Tierney, A. (2020)
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Pedagogic Research within the Disciplines: Should it be Included in the Research Excellence Framework?. Studies in Higher Education, 45(1), 176-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1574732
This paper is a response to Cotton, Miller and Kneale’s 2017 paper on the current state of higher education research within UK universities. It seeks to contribute to the deba...
Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Journal Article
Tierney, A. (2017)
Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 12(2), 165-184
This paper investigates the existence and nature of threshold concepts as experienced by a group of twenty-one teaching-focused academics, from life science departments in UK ...
Developing the Enquiring Student and Enhancing the Research-Teaching Interface: Student-led Pedagogical Research and Educational Initiatives in Enquiry Based Learning
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Pritchard, J., Matthew, B., Tierney, A., MacKenzie, J., Storck, L., Thomson, K., …Blanton, W. (2008)
Developing the Enquiring Student and Enhancing the Research-Teaching Interface: Student-led Pedagogical Research and Educational Initiatives in Enquiry Based Learning. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 3(1), 6-19
This paper describes the progress of a project running at the University of Glasgow to develop elements of Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) in undergraduate degree courses across ...
Entrepreneurship for Bioscience Students – “Be a Biotech Buddy”
Journal Article
Tierney, A., & Sinclair, G. (2006)
Entrepreneurship for Bioscience Students – “Be a Biotech Buddy”. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 1(2), 94-106
"Be a Biotech Buddy" is an online competition run by colleagues in the Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences and Student Enterprise at Glasgow University. The object of the ...
The scholarship of teaching and learning: a university teacher learning community’s work in progress1
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Bell, S., Bohan, J., Brown, A., Burke, J., Cogdell, B., Jamieson, S., …Tierney, A. (2006)
The scholarship of teaching and learning: a university teacher learning community’s work in progress1. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 1(1), 3-12
The understanding of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has raised debate amongst many academics employed in Higher Education (HE). One way of exploring the issues su...
Tackling Plagiarism in the Level One Biology Class
Journal Article
Tierney, A., Brown, A., & Neil, D. (2006)
Tackling Plagiarism in the Level One Biology Class. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 1(1), 13-21
The Level One Biology class at the University of Glasgow reported 23 cases of plagiarism in session 2003/04. Several measures were put i.n place to help students understand pl...