Scholarship
The formal study of pedagogy is an integral part of the Teaching Center's mission to foster excellence in teaching and learning. The Teaching Center develops scholarly projects that are designed to improve teaching and learning at Washington University. These projects are developed in collaboration with faculty and with other University centers, such as Cornerstone and Science Outreach. Many of these projects are supported in part by external funding.
Gina Frey (director) works with Beth Fisher (associate director) and Pat Brown (assistant director) to develop and disseminate The Teaching 
Center's scholarship on specific pedagogical methods and approaches. This aspect of The Teaching Center's mission includes working with faculty to design, implement, and study new teaching methods that are informed by recent research on teaching and learning. The Teaching Center also provides consultation services to help faculty who are designing and conducting pedagogical research.
The Teaching Center supports scholarship of teaching and learning through faculty discussion groups. One such group is the Educational Research group, whose members meet weekly to discuss their pedagogical scholarship on student learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Gina Frey, Kathy Miller (professor of biology), and Vicki May (director of Science Outreach) established this group in 2008. Members include Washington University faculty and instructional staff in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, mathematics, physics, psychology, and Science Outreach (K-12 science and math education). Faculty interested in establishing similar groups in other disciplines should contact Gina Frey via email or by phone at (314) 935-7474.