The Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines (ISTLD)

Inspiring, supporting, and enhancing teaching and learning inquiry at SFU since 2007.

School of Communication: Frédérik Lesage

Just-in-Time Teaching and Technical Skills for Communication Pedagogy learn more →
Political Science: Sanjay Jeram

Active Learning in the Teaching of Qualitative Methods in Political Science learn more →
Philosophy: Dai Heide

Assessing the Impact of First-Year Seminars learn more →
Education: Isabelle Côté

Competency in Language – Integration to Content (CLIC): A Pilot Project in French Professional Development Program (PDP) learn more →
Sociology and Anthropology: Sonja Luehrmann

Exploring Engagement through Cultural Inquiry learn more →
Health Sciences: Susan Erikson

Evaluation of Training Strategy Employed During Cascadia Medical Anthropology Workshop Symposium learn more →
Health Sciences: Nienke van Houten

Interventions That Target Student Critical Thinking When Reading Primary Science Literature learn more →
Engineering Science: Carolyn Sparrey

Using Physical Systems to Enhance Learning of Dynamics Concepts learn more →
Biological Sciences: Kevin Lam

E-resources for BISC 202 - Genetics: Exploring Content, Tools, and Formatting learn more →
Beedie School of Business: Shauna Jones

Where and How Teams are Used, Taught, and Assessed Across Core Courses in a Business Undergraduate Curriculum learn more →
Beedie School of Business: Aishwarya Shukla

Updating and Redesigning BUS 237 - Introduction to Business Technology Management learn more →

RA Opportunity: Competency in Language Integration to Content: A Pilot Project in French PDP

SFU’s Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines (ISTLD) invites... read more
New Funding Model for TLDGs: Conference funding now available for grant recipients and research assistants
August 30, 2019
The ISTLD has facilitated teaching and learning grants in collaboration with the SFU community for... read more
Tell us about your grant project publications and presentations!
December 19, 2018
Current publication and presentation listings >> Online citation submission >> TLDG... read more

"Decolonizing is an ongoing process – there’s no end point": A Conversation with Steven Hall
September 30, 2019
Tell us a little bit about your journey as an Indigenous student. Embracing one’s own identity is... read more
ISTLD grant project highlights: July 2019
August 01, 2019
Find out the impact of FASSFirst on student enrolment and Fred Lesage's transformational... read more
ISTLD grant project highlights: June 2019
July 09, 2019
Some intriguing findings in this month's final reports. Projects explore active learning, the... read more