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Placing Theory in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA, USA, hutchings{at}carnegiefoundation.org

Mary Taylor Huber

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA, USA, huber{at}carnegiefoundation.org

As the scholarship of teaching and learning matures as a field, the place of theory has garnered growing attention. Educational research and the learning sciences can certainly contribute, but professors who view their classrooms as sites for inquiry draw from a wide range and variety of theoretical foundations. With their diverse efforts in view, we ask: Which (and whose) theories are most relevant? What is the role of theory in different (disciplinary and other) contexts? How can scholarship of teaching and learning both build on and contribute to theory that improves classroom practice and student learning? Our argument is that theoretical pluralism can help keep the scholarship of teaching and learning movement vital and open.

Key Words: improving student learning • professional practice • scholarship of teaching and learning • theoretical pluralism

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