Military Scholarship of Teaching and Learning : Amplifying Research Findings from the Fourth MSOTL Forum

Abstract

The Military Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (MSOTL) field offers meaningful methods for educators to advocate for evidence-informed teaching, learning, and curriculum development on a global scale. The chapters included in this edited volume highlight such practices and measures and, in doing so, create the kind of educational synergy that has been the hallmark of the MSOTL community since its first informal gathering in 2019. This initiative expanded the traditional SOTL emphasis on/by civilian universities to create space for a military perspective in this growing field. This edited volume represents a further broadening of the relevance and applicability of the scholarship of teaching and learning for the military educator. The chapters illustrate a unique set of academic disciplines (ranging from meteorology to military history), methodologies (qualitative and quantitative), and learning levels (ranging from the community colleges to top-level schools). These 13 chapters highlight the continued innovation undertaken by professionals from across the continuum of military learning to excel both in the content they teach and the ways in which they teach it.