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Who SoTLs Where? Publishing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2009

Kerstin Hamann ,
Philip H. Pollock  and
Bruce M. Wilson
Kerstin Hamann
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
Philip H. Pollock
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
Bruce M. Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
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Abstract

Political science, as a discipline, is a relative newcomer to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We examine authorship patterns of SoTL articles in PS: Political Science & Politics, the Journal of Political Science Education, and International Studies Perspectives from 1998–2008. Our findings indicate more collaborative SoTL articles compared to non-SoTL teaching articles. Authorship patterns reveal a relatively high presence of women, assistant professors, and authors housed in Ph.D. and BA departments for SoTL publications. We conclude that SoTL constitutes an important new field of inquiry in the discipline that is likely to become more prominent as a younger cohort of scholars matures.

Type
The Profession
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 729 - 735
Copyright
Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2009

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