HERDSA TATAL Guide: Scholarly Reflection and Teaching Philosophies

TATAL (Talking About Teaching and Learning) is a scholar‑centred conversation community for educators who want to reflect, write and grow their higher education teaching practice. Entwined in collaborative reflective dialogue, narrative inquiry and communities of practice, TATAL supports educators to develop living teaching philosophies, build teaching portfolios, and extend their scholarship of learning and teaching (SoLT) research. The second edition of the TATAL Guide offers educators: • A learning map of the TATAL journey from commencing in the TATAL community to extending your learning and teaching scholarship. • Frameworks, reflection tasks, tables and prompts to draft, test and refine teaching philosophies. • A theoretical grounding of TATAL from a variety of pedagogies. • Advice on setting up conversation communities in your own institution. • Exemplar teaching philosophies and the HERDSA fellowship portfolio structure. TATAL builds resilience and professional identity through reflection that is both personal and collaborative, helping academics clarify who they are as teachers while sustaining teaching passion. TATAL cross‑disciplinary, cross‑institutional conversation communities connect educators with like-minded teachers, reduce isolation, and facilitate scholarly collaborations.