Making Space for Failure in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Blueprint

Nancy L. Chick; Laura Cruz; Jennifer C. Friberg; Hillary H. Steiner

doi:10.20343/teachlearninqu.11.36

Authors

Nancy L. Chick Rollins College
Laura Cruz Penn State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5817-8934
Jennifer C. Friberg Illinois State University https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0342-2120
Hillary H. Steiner Kennesaw State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2108-3354

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.11.36

Keywords:

failure, imposter, typology

Abstract

In this essay, we offer a typology of failure in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) to serve as the foundation for a new line of inquiry to be featured in this new section of Teaching & Learning Inquiry — SoTL in Process. Through the typology, we advocate for making space to talk about failure and its many forms in SoTL.

Read the corresponding ISSOTL blog post here.

Author Biographies

Nancy L. Chick, Rollins College

Nancy L. Chick is director of faculty development at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida (USA). She has authored, edited, co-authored, and co-edited many publications on the results of SoTL projects and on the field of SoTL itself. With Gary Poole, she was the founding co-editor of Teaching & Learning Inquiry.

Laura Cruz, Penn State University

Laura Cruz is a research professor (full) of teaching and learning scholarship with the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania (USA).

Jennifer C. Friberg, Illinois State University

Jennifer C. Friberg is director of scholarly teaching and Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the Center for Integrated Professional Development at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois (USA), where she also serves as a professor of communication sciences and disorders.

Hillary H. Steiner, Kennesaw State University

Hillary H. Steiner is associate director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and professor of educational psychology at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia (USA).

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