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Abstract
This essay traces a professor's journey from his first teaching experience to his active participation in the scholarship of teaching. The lack of preparation to teach is posited and the traditional yardstick by which effective faculty performance is measured is noted. Barriers affecting movement toward active scholarship in the field of teaching are introduced. The evolution of the scholarship of teaching is traced and influences on the thinking of the professor are cited. It is concluded that to be true to one's identity as a teacher requires a personal and professional obligation to teach we!l, to engage in scholarly teaching, and to participate in ...