What is Education Scholarship?
Education Scholarship encompasses a variety of academic activities. Boyer’s classic definition, from his 1990 report Scholarship Reconsidered, outlines four categories of educational scholarship:
1. Scholarship of discovery (research)
2. Scholarship of integration (connects across disciplines and contextualizes)
3. Scholarship of application (engagement; connection between research and practice)
4. Scholarship of teaching (teaching and learning)
This definition is now widely accepted across multiple academic disciplines and enables the support and recognition of a wide spectrum of scholarly educational activities.
In order to be considered scholarly, Glassick (2000) developed assessment criteria that are applicable across diverse areas of education. These are:
1. Clear goals
2. Adequate preparation (incorporates up to date knowledge and consultation)
3. Appropriate methodology
4. Significant results
5. Effective dissemination (through peer-reviewed publication, or presentation to ensure results are publicly available to others)
6. Reflective critique
