What kind of SoTL work is being done in your programs/departments?
What kind of SoTL work is being done in your programs/departments?
I'm looking into applying to do a [Master of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (M.SoTL)](https://grad.usask.ca/programs/scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning.php). To the best of my knowledge this is the only program like this in the world, but SoTL as a discipline isn't new.
In a nutshell, it's essentially studying and researching effective teaching and learning in order to improve practice. Kind of a meta-analytical look at teaching in a way that's meant to bridge theory and practice. It's multidisciplinary, and in some places you see post-secondary faculty integrating SoTL practices to improve higher learning pedagogy.
I'm interested from a k-12 teaching perspective. What I want to be able to do personally in my career is cut through the lower quality scholarship in education, avoid the trendy garbage like the whole language approach to teaching reading.
Anyway, while I'm fairly certain there's no M.SoTL program anywhere else, I'm curious about SoTL approaches in other places. For anyone in graduate studies who's familiar with SoTL research, what are your thoughts about its impact on the pedagogy in your field? Do you see it being implemented in your own departments? Do you hear post-secondary faculty talking about it at all?