The Evolving Professional (EP) Concept as a Framework for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Abstract

This essay describes The Evolving Professional (EP) concept at use within the School of Dentistry, the University of Queensland as a mutli-level framework that connects the learner and the educator in the scholarship of learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning and professional development. Perspectives and reflections into how this concept could be used to connect the nexus between professional development and scholarship of teaching and learning, to broaden the "teaching commons" and how this concept relates to learners and educators of professional training programs are explored. KeywordsProfessional development, Professional socialization, Scholarship of learning, Scholarship of teaching and learning, Pedagogical content knowledge The Evolving Professional (EP) Concept as a Framework for the Scholarship of Teaching and LearningAnnetta K L Tsang University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ak.tsang@uq.edu.au Abstract This essay describes The Evolving Professional (EP) concept at use within the School of Dentistry, the University of Queensland as a mutli-level framework that connects the learner and the educator in the scholarship of learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning and professional development. Perspectives and reflections into how this concept could be used to connect the nexus between professional development and scholarship of teaching and learning, to broaden the "teaching commons" and how this concept relates to learners and educators of professional training programs are explored.

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