Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders

Webb, Andrea S.; Tierney, Anne M.

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the experience of faculty learning to do the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Our two studies uncovered similar threshold concepts in SoTL in two contrasting contexts; one study done in the United Kingdom with teaching-focused academics while the other study, done in North America, focussed on educational leaders at a researchintensive university. Both studies revealed similar ontological and epistemological transformations of learning and doing SoTL. Underpinning the results of these studies is the reality that educational leaders are situated within a complex cultural network of personal, professional, and financial tensions. There are two levels of institutional culture: university level and departmental level. But, institutional policies are only useful if also supported locally. This paper is of interest to those developing their expertise in supporting SoTL, as well as faculty on a teaching and scholarship career route.

Citation

Webb, A. S., & Tierney, A. M. (2020). Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 57(5), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 3, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 27, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Deposit Date: Jun 12, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 28, 2020
• Journal: Innovations in Education and Teaching International
• Print ISSN: 1470-3297
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 613-624
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905
• Keywords: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Threshold concepts; Academic Development; Institutional Culture; Higher Education
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1870571
• Contract Date: Jun 12, 2019