Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Periodicals for Publication (Includes Submission Information)

General Subject Journals

Academic Exchange QuarterlyOpens in a new window
That's what Academic Exchange Quarterly is all about -- the essential resource for faculty professional development -- share experience... expand knowledge...
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Active Learning in Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Active Learning in Higher Education is an international, refereed publication for all those who teach and support learning in Higher Education and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and colleges. The journal has an objective of improving the status of teaching and learning support as professional activity and embraces academic practice across all curriculum areas in higher education.
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Adult Education QuarterlyOpens in a new window
Adult Education Quarterly, a publication of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, is a refereed journal committed to the dissemination of research and theory in adult and continuing education. Articles report research, construct theory, review and interpret literature, and critique work previously published in the journal.
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American Journal of Distance EducationOpens in a new window
AJDE is the internationally recognized journal of research and scholarship in the field of American distance education. Distance education describes teaching-learning relationships where the actors are geographically separated and communication between them is through technologies such as audio and video broadcasts, teleconferences and recordings; printed study guides; and multimedia systems. The principal technology of current research interest is the World Wide Web, and subfields of distance education therefore include on-line learning, e-learning, distributed learning, asynchronous learning and blended learning.
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Change: The Magazine of Higher LearningOpens in a new window
Well known and respected as an opinion magazine dealing with contemporary issues in higher learning, the award-winning Change spotlights trends, provides new insights, and analyzes the implications of educational programs. Articles cover influential institutions and individuals, new teaching methods, curriculum, finances, governance, and public policy.
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College TeachingOpens in a new window
College Teaching, a unique, cross-disciplinary journal, focuses on how teachers can improve student learning. Each issue includes practical ideas and new strategies for successful teaching. Both new and veteran faculty appreciate the scope of CT’s rigorously refereed articles on classroom research, student assessment, diversity, student-centered instruction, and accountability within the academy.
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Community College Journal of Research and PracticeOpens in a new window
The journal is a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners in higher education and the behavioral and social sciences. It promotes an increased awareness of community college issues by providing an exchange of ideas, research, and empirically tested educational innovations.
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Educational LeadershipOpens in a new window
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.
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Educational Technology and Research DevelopmentOpens in a new window
The only scholarly journal for the field focusing entirely on research and development in educational technology. Research Section features well documented articles on the practical aspects of research as well as applied theory in educational practice.
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Innovate: Journal of Online EducationOpens in a new window
Innovate is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed online periodical published by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University. The journal focuses on the creative use of information technology (IT) to enhance educational processes in academic, commercial, and governmental settings. Our basic assumption is that innovative uses of technology in one sector can inform innovative uses of technology in each of the other sectors.
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Innovative Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Innovative Higher Education is a refereed scholarly journal that strives to package fresh ideas in higher education in a straightforward and readable fashion. The four main purposes of Innovative Higher Education are: (1) to present descriptions and evaluations of current innovations and provocative new ideas with relevance for action beyond the immediate context in higher education; (2) to focus on the effect of such innovations on teaching and students; (3) to be open to diverse forms of scholarship and research methods by maintaining flexibility in the selection of topics deemed appropriate for the journal; and (4) to strike a balance between practice and theory by presenting manuscripts in a readable and scholarly manner to both faculty and administrators in the academic community.
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based LearningOpens in a new window
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning publishes relevant, interesting, and challenging articles of research, analysis, or promising practice related to all aspects of implementing problem-based learning (PBL) in K-12 and post-secondary classrooms.
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International Journal of Academic DevelopmentOpens in a new window
Development in higher education is a fast growing area. This journal reports on advances in theory and practice and includes discussions on the development of models and theories for supporting and leading improvements in teaching and learning, and debates current issues at the forefront of educational change.
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International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)Opens in a new window
The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 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 across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise. The specific emphasis of IJTLHE is dissemination of knowledge for improving higher education pedagogy. Electronic distribution of IJTLHE maximizes global availability.
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inventioOpens in a new window
inventio is a project of the Division of Instructional and Technology Support Services (DoIT) at George Mason University. The journal's name — inventio — is taken from the first of the five arts of classical rhetoric: thinking out the subject, identifying the issue at question, exploring the means of persuasion. We hope that the journal will be a source of just this kind of creative thinking about learning and teaching.
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Journal of College Science TeachingOpens in a new window
NSTA's professional journal for college teachers.
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Journal of College Student DevelopmentOpens in a new window
The Journal of College Student Development (JCSD) is the leading scholarly journal on the study of college students in the field of student affairs.
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Journal of Educational ResearchOpens in a new window
The Journal of Educational Research is a well-known and respected periodical that reaches an international audience of educators and others concerned with cutting-edge theories and proposals. For more than 100 years, the journal has contributed to the advancement of educational practice in elementary and secondary schools by judicious study of the latest trends, examination of new procedures, evaluation of traditional practices, and replication of previous research for validation.
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Journal of Education for Students Placed at RiskOpens in a new window
The Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk (JESPAR) is the only academic journal to date which provides quantitative and qualitative research focused exclusively on improving the education of students placed at risk. JESPAR publishes literature and report reviews, research articles on promising reform programs, and case studies on "schools that work"; in doing so, JESPAR facilitates communication among all the stakeholders—researchers, policymakers, and educators—who are actively involved in thwarting the academic failure of students placed at risk.
For Submission Guidelines, click on Instructions to Contributors, middle of the journal page.

Journal on Excellence in College TeachingOpens in a new window
The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching is a peer-reviewed journal published at Miami University by and for faculty at universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase student learning through effective teaching, interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, and communication among faculty about their classroom experiences. It answers Ernest Boyer's (1990) call for a forum to present the scholarship of teaching and learning.
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Journal of Experimental EducationOpens in a new window
The Journal of Experimental Education publishes theoretical, laboratory, and classroom research studies that use the range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Recent articles have explored the correlation between test preparation and performance, enhancing students' self-efficacy, the effects of peer collaboration among students, and arguments about statistical significance and effect size reporting.
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Journal of Further and Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Journal of Further & Higher Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes articles and book reviews representing the whole field of post-16 education and training. Topic areas include management and administration, teacher education and training, curriculum, staff and institutional development, and teaching and learning strategies and processes.
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Journal of General EducationOpens in a new window
For faculty, administrators, and policymakers, JGE is the professional forum for discussing issues in general education today. JGE addresses the general education concerns of community colleges, four-year colleges, universities, and state systems.
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Journal of Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education (JHE), published by Ohio State University Press, is the leading scholarly journal on the institution of higher education. Articles combine disciplinary methods with critical insight to investigate issues important to faculty, administrators, and program managers.
Submission Guidelines are included on the right third of the journal page.

Liberal EducationOpens in a new window
Liberal Education expresses the voices of educators, faculty and administrators in colleges and universities nationwide who are working to enrich liberal learning and undergraduate education. AAC&U's award-winning journal is the national forum about liberal education - a forum addressing teaching and learning, leadership, faculty innovation, and institutional change all in the service of improving undergraduate education.
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MountainRiseOpens in a new window
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).
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NACADA JournalOpens in a new window
The NACADA Journal , the biannual refereed journal of the National Academic Advising Association, exists to advance scholarly discourse about the research, theory, and practice of academic advising in higher education.
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National Teaching & Learning ForumOpens in a new window
The National Teaching and Learning Forum began publication in the fall of 1991 as a joint venture with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education. ERIC/HE already published a series of short books reviewing research literature on various higher education topics, and it embraced the idea of The National Teaching and Learning Forum warmly as an extension of its mission.
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New Directions for Teaching & LearningOpens in a new window
New Directions for Teaching and Learning continues to offer a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and on the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.
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Research in Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Research in Higher Education is directed to those concerned with the functioning of the post-secondary education, including two-year and four-year colleges, universities, and graduate and professional schools. It is of primary interest to institutional researchers and planners, faculty, college and university administrators, student personnel specialists and behavioral scientists.
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Review of Educational ResearchOpens in a new window
The Review of Educational Research (RER) is a forum for reviews of previously published work in a field that is populated by scholars from diverse traditions. Because of the increasing complexity of issues facing education and the varied perspectives that can be used to examine them, it is important that we develop tools that help scholars, policymakers, and others to make decisions and take action. We believe a review is this kind of a tool.
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The Review of Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Considered one of the leading research journals in the field, The Review of Higher Education keeps scholars, academic leaders, and public policymakers abreast of critical issues facing higher education today. As the official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Review advances the study of college and university issues by publishing peer-reviewed articles, essays, reviews, and research findings.
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Studies in Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Studies in Higher Education welcomes empirically based, reflective and synoptic articles dealing with any aspect of higher education, approached from any perspective or discipline. A key criterion for publication is that articles should be written in an accessible, but rigorous, style that is likely to engage those without a specialist interest in the topic being discussed.
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Teachers College RecordOpens in a new window
Teachers College Record (TCR) publishes the very best scholarship in all areas of the field of education. Major articles include research, analysis, and commentary covering the full range of contemporary issues in education, education policy, and the history of education. The book section contains essay reviews of new books in a specific area as well as reviews of individual books. TCR takes a deliberately expansive view of education to keep readers informed of the study of education worldwide, both inside and outside of the classroom and across the lifespan.
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Teaching in Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Teaching in Higher Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal. The journal addresses the roles of teaching, learning and the curriculum in higher education in order to explore and clarify the intellectual challenges which they present. The journal is interdisciplinary and aims to open up discussion across subject areas by involving all those who share an enthusiasm for learning and teaching.
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Technology and LearningOpens in a new window
Technology & Learning magazine is circulated to over 80,000 elementary, middle, and high school teachers, technology coordinators, and administrators at the building, district, and state levels. We publish articles that encourage educators to think about new approaches to teaching and new ways to use technology in the classroom. We cover all aspects of educational technology: hardware, software, and the Web.
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Tertiary Education and ManagementOpens in a new window
This Journal Tertiary Education and Management (TEAM) is intended for professionals in the area of higher education management, and for academics researching that area. These professionals and academics will be working in universities, polytechnics and other higher education institutions - primarily but not exclusively in Europe - either in university administration, or in academic departments with particular research interests in management issues.
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Women in Higher EducationOpens in a new window
Women in Higher Education is a monthly practitioner’s news journal, designed to help smart women on campus get wise about how gender affects their being successful in the male-dominated world of higher education. Its goals are to enlighten, encourage, empower and enrage women on campus. By sharing problems and solutions, women can learn to talk back, refuse to accept blame and quit taking guff from people who are less enlightened.
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