tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post4131468872040450292..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters: The Pleasures and Perils of Research on TeachingCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-53519094225370889882015-03-30T07:49:11.100-04:002015-03-30T07:49:11.100-04:00As y'all know, I love this blog, and I am exci...As y'all know, I love this blog, and I am excited to read this volume. I did wonder a bit about this line: "...it is true that the value of scholarship on pedagogy is still viewed as questionable." By whom is it viewed this way? There is an entire field that exists for the scholarship on Teaching and learning, and it is a vibrant and growing one. I understand the bristling at purely anecdotal work, but much of SoTL would not fall into this camp. There are phenomenal empirical studies, meta-analyses, and research syntheses, though. Also, there are publishers for whom you would not have to work so hard to make the case for pedagogical research. Jossey-Bass and Stylus are the top trade presses, but Harvard UP has a long tradition of teaching books, and West Virginia UP is interested in them too. You'd find both of these presses represented at Kzoo, and there are other university presses that would be interested as well.Josh Eylerhttp://josheyler.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com