Developing a Signature Pedagogy

The concept of a “signature pedagogy” comes from the Lee Shulman and the Carnegie Foundation. They had studies teaching in a variety of disciplines and noted that in medical, law, theology, and other schools a specific approach to teaching and learning was used that was duplicated across multiple institutions of higher education.

A signature pedagogy means that students and faculty in these schools do not need to figure out how a class works or what the expectations are. This reduces the cognitive overhead to allow greater focus on the learning at hand.