Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as an Agent of Change

Abstract

Significant change is driving higher education learning and teaching, in part because we are better informed by research about human learning, but also because the circumstance under which learning takes place in higher education have changed dramatically. In this environment, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) can be a means of reflecting on current practice—as can be seen in the reflections on practice in this issue—and at the same time, a dynamic means of dealing with current learning and teaching issues. In the latter sense, SoTL can be seen as an agent of change. The two main articles in this issue of AJSoTL clearly illustrate what we might call SoTL in action, where the authors are thinking through, trying to understand and to meet, the challenges brought about by new imperatives for student learning. The reflective pieces continue this investigation by bringing theory to real practice. (Abstract taken from first paragraph of document)