Documenting Scholarship of Application
Unpublished Scholarship of Application
Scholarly activities that fall under Boyer's application domain are varied. For instance, a faculty member could provide "service on a departmental program review committee" or on a departmental curriculum committee" (Braxton et al., 2002, p. 141) such as a subject matter expert (SME). The scholarship of application could also be documented if a faculty member were to "help solve a departmental problem" (Braxton et al., 2002, p. 142).
To be considered for rank and tenure purposes, unpublished scholarship needs to be publicly observable. This means that scholarship can be documented in a variety of forms such as a paper, presentation, written report, or a website (Braxton et al., 2002). Then, faculty at GCU are encouraged to move their unpublished scholarship to published scholarship. Read below and follow the navigation links to the writing guides that will assist you in publishing!
Published Scholarship of Application
Publishing scholarship from the application domain provides a diverse approach for faculty to explore. Articles that dive into topics such as "a research problem identified through the application of the knowledge and skill of one's academic discipline to a practical problem" (Braxton et al., 2002, p. 142). Likewise, practitioners can lean into their vast experiences and write and publish articles in which they "apply new disciplinary knowledge to a practical problem" (Braxton et al., 2002, p. 142). The scholarship of application also encourages studies that "help to solve a county or state problem" (Braxton et al., 2022, 143).
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