A transformative perspective on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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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. Keywords: contexts of teachingcritical reflectioncritical theoryScholarship of Teaching and Learningtransformative learning