Is there a scholarship of teaching and learning in teaching sociology? A look at papers from 1984 to 1999

This paper builds on the work of Baker (1985:36 1) who contends that "[t]here is little evidence of cumulative scholarship...during the first decade of the journal," 1973 to 1983. Examination of the papers published in Teaching Sociology from 1984 to 1999 suggests that a scholarship of teaching and learning is emerging. While many characteristics of the papers and the authors remain constant, when compared to the early years of the journal, it is clear that fewer papers contain no assessment at all, and an increasing number of papers contain simple assessment measures.