Ernest Boyer’s Model Ernest Boyer’s Model of Scholarshipof Scholarship

Mary Corcoran PhD, OTR/LMary Corcoran PhD, OTR/LProfessor, CRLProfessor, CRL

Overview & Implications for Overview & Implications for Teaching and Learning*Teaching and Learning*

* Modified from presentation by Dr Ken Hansen* Modified from presentation by Dr Ken Hansen

Enlarging Scholarly Enlarging Scholarly PerspectivesPerspectives

Boyer (1990) - a broader vision of scholarship

required- promotes full intellectual life of the

academy

Boyer’s PerspectiveBoyer’s Perspective Boyer Boyer

reward faculty in 4 areas of scholarshipreward faculty in 4 areas of scholarship research, synthesis, practice, and teachingresearch, synthesis, practice, and teaching

SMHS revised APT criteria accordinglySMHS revised APT criteria accordingly

More inclusive perspective of scholarship More inclusive perspective of scholarship neededneeded

Boyer’s Four Scholarship Boyer’s Four Scholarship Types Types Scholarship of:1.Discovery2.Integration3.Application4.Teaching

The Scholarship of The Scholarship of DiscoveryDiscovery

Traditional view Traditional view basic or applied research.basic or applied research.

Develop or test theory Develop or test theory

Expands on well-established body of Expands on well-established body of knowledgeknowledge

Examples: DiscoveryExamples: DiscoveryScholarship to develop or test theory, and empirically generate new knowledge

Scholarly products:Published or presented workFunded projectsNew infrastructure, products and systems

The Scholarship of The Scholarship of IntegrationIntegration

The process of making connections within The process of making connections within and across disciplines/perspectives/ bodies of and across disciplines/perspectives/ bodies of knowledge.knowledge.

Fitting one’s own research with that of others Fitting one’s own research with that of others Forms larger intellectual pattern. Forms larger intellectual pattern.

Interprets and bring new insight to original Interprets and bring new insight to original research.research.

Examples: IntegrationExamples: IntegrationScholarship integrating knowledge use across disciplines/field

ProductsComprehensive systematic reviewTextbook for use by multiple disciplinesCollaboration on cross-disciplinary, transdisciplinary initiativesConsensus panels

The Scholarship of The Scholarship of ApplicationApplication

Information is first discovered…then Information is first discovered…then applied.applied.

Several potential forms, including:Several potential forms, including: Empirically driven applications to practiceEmpirically driven applications to practice Modeling complex societal problems and Modeling complex societal problems and

solutionssolutions

Examples: ApplicationExamples: ApplicationScholarship aiding society and professions to address problems

Products:White papers – consultant reportsTested interdisciplinary interventionsGuidelines or best practices

The Scholarship of The Scholarship of TeachingTeaching

Practices intended to help students Practices intended to help students comprehend and synthesize information.comprehend and synthesize information.

Scholarly teaching means transmitting, Scholarly teaching means transmitting, transforming and extending knowledge.transforming and extending knowledge.

The Scholarship of The Scholarship of TeachingTeaching

Teachers must be Teachers must be intellectually engagedintellectually engaged well informedwell informed steeped in the knowledge of their fieldsteeped in the knowledge of their field

And related fieldsAnd related fields

Continuous scholarly process of Continuous scholarly process of synthesizing, planning, evaluating, and synthesizing, planning, evaluating, and revising.revising.

Examples: TeachingExamples: TeachingScholarship to develop and test use of models/practices to achieve optimal learning

Products:Published classroom research – design or deliveryTested

instructional or assessment materials programs

Evaluating ScholarshipEvaluating ScholarshipIf works of scholarship are If works of scholarship are worthyworthy, they must , they must

be characterized by:be characterized by: Pedagogically basedPedagogically based Internally valid - alignmentInternally valid - alignment Externally valid – builds on existing Externally valid – builds on existing

research; reflects education research; reflects education Rigorous methodology Rigorous methodology Effectively disseminatedEffectively disseminated Significant - Results contribute to the Significant - Results contribute to the

field/future workfield/future work

Implications for Teaching Implications for Teaching and Learningand Learning

Infrastructure (UCF – RITE)Infrastructure (UCF – RITE) Mirror that for discoveryMirror that for discovery

Strategic directionStrategic direction Resources and fundingResources and funding

Access to dataAccess to data Focus on meaningful evaluationFocus on meaningful evaluation

Beyond course evaluationsBeyond course evaluations Faculty development – Faculty development –

TeachingTeaching scholarship scholarship specifically specifically Equal to other types of scholarship – Equal to other types of scholarship –

APT decisionsAPT decisions

What Else?What Else?

Thank you!