The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) In Sociology: From a Global Lens

In an increasingly global world higher education is undergoing profound changes. Educators around the globe are seeking new ways to produce, disseminate, and apply knowledge in this rapidly changing world brought by socio-economic, technological and political shifts. The teaching of sociology is playing a critical role in helping students understand and navigate complex social world shaped by inequality, technological changes, global interdependence, and the growing use of artificial intelligence among others.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has emerged as an important field of inquiry to improve educational practice and enhance student learning, and promote student success. Within sociology, SoTL provides a framework to examine how sociological knowledge is disseminated in a more inclusive, effective, and engaging way and how student receive the knowledge. It enables critical evaluation of pedagogical practices, access student learning outcomes, and generate evidence-based knowledge to teach sociology in diverse contexts.

This session invites empirical, theoretical, methodological, and practitioner-based papers from all regions of the world that investigates teaching and learning as sites of sociological inquiry. We are seeking contributions examining how educators foster sociological imagination, critical consciousness, civic engagement, and social justice-oriented learning in classrooms and communities around the world.

Topics for this session include, but not limited to,

1) Pedagogical innovations and comparative educational experiences.

2) Student engagement, assessment strategies, and curriculum designs.

3) Multilingual and multicultural classroom approaches.

4) Digital and AI-assisted teaching and learning.

5) Experiential learning, and diverse approaches to teaching social justice, and inequality.

Format: Open Session