A Reflection on Valuing Teacher Training and Pedagogy as Scholarship in Higher Education. (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pember, Sarah E.
• Is Part Of: Pedagogy in health promotion. Volume 5:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 302
• Page End: 304
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Subjects: pedagogy -- teaching -- doctoral programs -- reflection; Health promotion -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Health education -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Public health -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 613.071
• DOI: 10.1177/2373379919864967
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-3799

Abstract

Reiterating the importance of the "education" in health education, this reflection poses the question, "Why don't we make pedagogy a standard part of our doctoral programs alongside research methods and evaluation?" and considers the value and perception of teaching as scholarship in academia.