A transformative perspective on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Author: Cranton Patricia  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1469-8366

Source: Higher Education Research & Development, Vol.30, Iss.1, 2011-02, pp. : 75-86

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Abstract

In this paper, I explore the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through the lens of transformative learning theory and critical theory. In doing so, I expand the notion of a Scholarship of Teaching so as to go beyond the solving of practical problems in teaching and the improvement of teaching effectiveness. I focus on an emancipatory Scholarship of Teaching that centres on critical reflection and action on the contexts of teaching: the discipline, the institution, the community and the state and society in which we practice.