The Role of SoTL in Classroom Innovation

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    Abstract

    The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is being promoted as an activity for teaching-focused academics in the UK. However, support for SoTL is not a priority for most institutions, and formal provision for such support may not extend beyond the postgraduate certificate in higher education that is offered for new academic staff. This paper examines the experiences of SoTL of a group of twenty-one Life Sciences academics from a range of UK universities. It explores the role that SoTL has to play in developing classroom innovation in a structured and scholarly manner, and the consequences to both teaching staff and students, if SoTL is not supported as an academic activity throughout the careers of teaching-focused academics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Event40th Annual Conference on Improving University Teaching 2015: Students as Partners in Innovation - University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Duration: 15 Jul 201517 Jul 2015
    https://www.iutconference.com/

    Conference

    Conference40th Annual Conference on Improving University Teaching 2015
    Abbreviated titleIUT 2015
    Country/TerritorySlovenia
    CityLjubljana
    Period15/07/1517/07/15
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    Keywords

    • faculty development
    • Scholarship of teaching and learning
    • self-reflection

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