The SoTL Book Review
The SoTL book review presents a review of recently published books about teaching and learning in higher education. The books must address issues related to the development, use, and support of teaching and learning in higher education. The submission should be 700–1,000 words, including references.
How can you submit a book review?
Submissions are accepted through our OJS system; however, please contact us first via email at pip@macewan.ca with an expression of interest. The subject line should read as follows: Book review expression of interest. Your expression of interest should contain an APA reference for the book and a single statement about the book’s relevance for the SoTL community. Consider the following before you submit your expression of interest:
• The book under consideration should have been published within the year of the submission for the review.
• The book should explicitly address teaching and learning in higher education.
• The book should have relevance for Canadian higher education.
What makes a book suitable for a SoTL book review?
We encourage selections that can address how educators and their institutions can critically reflect on teaching plans for students, with in-depth consideration of students’ learning experiences. The book can be focused on disciplinary learning.
What do we expect the review to address?
While reviewers can select books with a disciplinary focus, situated in a particular disciplinary way of teaching, we expect reviewers to interpret the selection’s implications for the multidisciplinary SoTL audience. For example, how might a selection focused on dance pedagogy in higher education help us understand teaching approaches and learning principles in other disciplines?
We expect reviewers to begin with a summary of the selection and the individual chapters. SoTL book reviews should address how the selection relates to teaching practice and reflections on pedagogical approaches in higher education. We encourage authors to think about how the selection relates to their own practice. We also expect the review to consider how the selection can be a resource for developing SoTL inquiries. Who might find this selection useful for their own research proposals?
About PIP
Pedagogical Inquiry and Practice is a new Canadian open access journal of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). It is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to studies of significant educational experience in post-secondary institutions, using a range of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary approaches.
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