Interdisciplinary Scholarship on Teaching and Learning

Interdisciplinary Scholarship on Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Journals

  • Academe - Magazine of the American Association of University Professors.

  • Active Learning in Higher Education - Focuses on all aspects of developments, innovations and good practice in higher education teaching and learning worldwide, including the use of information and communication technologies.

  • American Educational Research Journal - Reports original research, both empirical and theoretical, and brief synopses of research.

  • Arts and Humanities in Higher Education - An international journal that seeks to publish articles characterized by profound thought about both the interface between research and teaching in the subject in question and the transformational purposes of a higher education.

  • Change - Change is a magazine dealing with contemporary issues in higher learning. It is intended to stimulate and inform reflective practitioners in colleges, universities, corporations, government, and elsewhere. Using a magazine format rather than that of an academic journal, Change spotlights trends, provides new insights and ideas, and analyzes the implications of educational programs, policies, and practices.

  • Chronicle of Higher Education

  • College Teaching - focuses on how teachers can improve student learning.

  • Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education - multi-disciplinary, refereed, online publication with general and discipline-specific sections.

  • Diverse Issues in Higher Education  Diverse: Issues In Higher Education stands alone as the only source of critical news, information and insightful commentary on the full range of issues concerning diversity in American higher education.

  • Educational Leadership ASCD's flagship publication. With a circulation of 135,000, EL is acknowledged throughout the world as an authoritative source of information about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant to practicing educators, and the latest trends and issues affecting prekindergarten through higher education.

  • Educational Researcher Educational Researcher publishes scholarly articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines.

  • Effective Teaching - Dialogue on peer review of university teaching.

  • Impact - Impact: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning is a peer-reviewed, bi-annual online journal that publishes scholarly and creative non-fiction essays about the theory, practice and assessment of interdisciplinary education. Impact is produced by the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning at the Boston University College of General Studies. Impactaccepts submissions throughout the year and publishes issues in February and July. 

  • Innovations in Education and Teaching International - journal of the Staff and Educational Development Association, focusing on innovation in higher education through staff and educational development.

  • Inside Higher Ed - Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education. 

  • Insight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching - a refereed journal with articles that are geared toward a broad range of post-secondary faculty and administrators and content that is generalizable across a variety of disciplines.

  • Instructional Science - journal focuses on publishing original empirical research on "learning by people of all ages, in all areas of curriculum, and in informal and formal learning contexts."

  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning - seeks to publish research, analysis and practice "related to all aspects of implementing problem-based learning in K-12 and post-secondary classrooms."

  • International Journal for Academic Development - A journal published four times a year focusing on the theory and practice of educational development in higher education internationally.

  • International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - Official publication of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (IJCSCL) fosters a deep understanding of the nature, theory, and practice of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The journal serves as a forum for experts from such disciplines as education, computer science, information technology, psychology, communications, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and business. Articles investigate how to design the technological settings for collaboration and how people learn in the context of collaborative activity.

  • International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - The IJ-SoTL is an open, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal published twice a year by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University to be an international vehicle for articles, essays, and discussions about the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and its applications in higher/tertiary education today. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer-review process.

  • The International Journal on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ISSN 1812-9129) provides a forum for higher education faculty, staff, administrators, researchers, and students who are interested in improving post-secondary instruction. The IJTLHE provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise. The specific emphasis of IJTLHE is the dissemination of knowledge for improving higher education pedagogy. 

  • Journal of Adult Education -  Provides a regional forum for discussion of current issues and research in adult education, its evolution and future.

  • Journal of Classroom Interaction -  An international journal focusing upon classroom interaction and student learning.

  • Journal of College Science Teaching - Published by the National Science Teachers Association

  • Journal on Excellence in College Teaching - Forum for faculty to share proven, innovative teaching in colleges and universities. Published by Miami University, the peer-reviewed journal seeks articles about "all areas of teaching and learning."

  • Journal of Experimental Education The Journal of Experimental Education publishes basic and applied research studies, in the laboratory as well as in authentic environments, that use the range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies found in the behavioral, cognitive, and social sciences. 

  • The Journal of Further and Higher Education  Journal of Further and Higher Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarly work that represents the whole field of post-16 education and training. The journal engages with a diverse range of topics within the field including management and administration, teacher education and training, curriculum, staff and institutional development, and teaching and learning strategies and processes.

  • Journal of General Education -  Published by Penn State UP, the journal seeks articles that provide "innovative methods in teaching and assessment, profiles of exemplary general education programs, case studies of successful curriculum development efforts, and reviews of books and monographs related to general education."

  • Journal of Higher Education -  Investigates issues of higher education teaching, administration, evaluation, and management.

  • Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Includes articles on teaching and learning processes at colleges and universities.

  • Journal of the Learning Sciences - Provides a multidisciplinary forum for the presentation of research on learning and education.

  • Learning and Individual Differences - Devoted to publishing articles that contribute to an understanding of individual differences within an educational context.

  • Learning and Instruction - Multi-disciplinary journal that provides a platform for the publication of the research in the areas of learning, development, instruction and teaching.

  • Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE) - Published in the United Kingdom, LATHE is an interdisciplinary refereed journal providing an accessible international forum for scholarly debate related to learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. LATHE aims to serve as an effective dissemination mechanism for pedagogic research and development through the publication of scholarly articles, book reviews and case studies of effective practice.

  • Learning Communities Journal - A peer-reviewed journal published by and for faculty, faculty developers, and administrators at universities and two- and four-year colleges to share research about, experiences with, and student and faculty learning through learning communities. The Journal provides a scholarly, written forum for discussion about all areas affecting faculty and student learning communities, and gives community participants the opportunity to share proven, innovative strategies and thoughtful, inspirational insights.

  • Liberal Education - expresses the voices of educators nationwide who are working to enrich liberal learning.

  • Mind, Brain, and Education - publishes peer-reviewed articles concerned with brain and behavioral issues relevant to the broad field of education. MBE provides a forum for the accessible presentation of basic and applied research on learning and development, including analyses from biology, cognitive science, and education.

  • Mountain Rise - MountainRise is an open, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal published twice a year by the Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Western Carolina University for the purpose of being an international vehicle for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) .

  • New Directions for Teaching and Learning -  Presents ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on both the practical expertise of seasoned instructors and on the latest research findings of educational and psychological researchers. (Not refereed)

  • Numeracy -  A quantitatively focused journal published twice a year that accepts evidence-based articles and reviews on academic research and design.

  • The Peabody Journal of Education - Publishes quarterly symposia in the broad area of education and human development.

  • Research in Higher Education - Features original theoretical and in-depth empirical research about the functioning of post-secondary educational institutions.

  • Review of Higher Education - Articles, essays, and reviews discuss issues affecting higher education. Official journal of ASHE.

  • Simulation and Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice and Research - International forum for the study and discussion of simulation/gaming methodology used in education, training, consultation, and research.

  • Studies in Higher Education Studies in Higher Education is a leading international journal publishing research-based articles dealing with higher education issues from either a disciplinary or multi-disciplinary perspective.

  • Teachers College Record -  Journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education.

  • Teaching in Higher Education -  Addresses the roles of teaching, learning and the curriculum in higher education in order to explore and clarify the intellectual challenges which they present.

  • Teaching Professor - Offers concise information to help faculty members teach more effectively. Topics include giving lectures, testing, planning courses, student passivity and working with teaching assistants. (Newsletter; not refereed)

  • Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal - A forum for conversations intended to foster the improvement of adult teaching and learning. Facilitates the multi-disciplinary exchange of ideas, actions, and results of innovative and professional practice in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

  • International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

  • The International Journal on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ISSN 1812-9129) provides a forum for higher education faculty, staff, administrators, researchers, and students who are interested in improving post-secondary instruction. The IJTLHE provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise. The specific emphasis of IJTLHE is the dissemination of knowledge for improving higher education pedagogy.

  • Journal of Adult Education - Provides a regional forum for discussion of current issues and research in adult education, its evolution and future.

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