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ACADEMIC LITERATURE
A vast array of literature on teaching and learning is available for teachers at all stages of development, from very practical and accessible information and teaching tips to technical research on all topics in pedagogy. General newspapers and journals on college teaching include The Chronicle of Higher Education, Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, National Teaching and Learning Forum, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, and The Teaching Professor. Several of these are available on-line at <http://ftad.osu.edu/Publications/>
In addition to “generic” pedagogies that support learning in all fields, there are pedagogies that are especially appropriate to or that are embedded in the culture of a discipline – what Lee Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, calls “pedagogical content knowledge. Therefore, a large number of discipline-specific journals on college teaching also exist, such as the NACTA Journal [National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture], Journal of Teaching in International Business, TESOL Quarterly [Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages], and the Journal of College Science Teaching. An abridged list of other discipline-specific journals is maintained at the University of Kansas.
FTAD maintains a “self-help rack” of short articles on ways to improve various aspects of teaching, as well as a resource library that contains an extensive collection of the most recent works on learning, teaching, and professional development at the college level. Because we know how difficult it would be remain current on the vast amount of literature in ones own discipline and in university pedagogy as well, FTAD consultants can help those interested find appropriate resources and literature on particular topics.
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