CTE - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Repository

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) repository is a collection that represents the intersections between teaching and research through peer-reviewed scholarly publications on and about teaching and learning practices.

To support the mission of the Center for Teaching Excellence—which is to provide professional development opportunities that foster success in teaching and learning through reflective, collaborative, and learner-centered practices with faculty members, staff, and students at UTRGV and beyond—we draw on impactful and quality scholarly research on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).

What is SoTL?

SoTL is the study of effective teaching and learning through research and reflection, as well as disseminating findings through publications, presentations, and conferences.

Definitions include:

• “Problem posing about an issue of teaching or learning, study of the problem through methods appropriate to the disciplinary epistemologies, applications of results to practice, communication of results, self-reflection, and peer review.” – Cambridge, 2001
• “Ongoing learning about teaching and the demonstration of such knowledge.” – Kreber & Cranton, 2000
• “Basing our teaching practices on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) enables us to move beyond trial-and-error approaches in our teaching...at a more fundamental level, it also enables academics to take seriously—according to the values of the academy itself—the work of teaching.” – Sievers, 2015 (citing McKinney, 2007)

Why This Matters

By creating a space to collectively showcase SoTL work, we aim to support and highlight UTRGV scholars who engage in SoTL-related scholarly publications. This repository will build collective and transdisciplinary awareness of how teaching and research intersect through quality, peer-reviewed, and impactful publications.

Ultimately, the SoTL repository will:

1. Serve as a resource for scholarly reference and inspiration.
2. Inform evidence-based, growth-oriented teaching and learning practices across disciplines.

Interested in contributing?
If you would like to add your peer-reviewed scholarly research pieces to the SoTL repository collection, please contact us at cte@utrgv.edu.