ERIC Number: EJ1227644
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 18
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ISSN: EISSN-1918-2902
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Navigating the Lows to Gain New Heights: Constraints to SoTL Engagement
Webb, Andrea S.
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v10 n2 Article 3 Aug 2019
Novice Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) leaders making the transition from scholarly teaching to SoTL to SoTL Leadership face many challenges within higher education. Not only does traditional academic culture confine most academics to disciplinary silos, but promotion and tenure requirements encourage faculty members to conduct SoTL work "off the side of their desk," if at all (Boyer, 1990; Dobbins, 2008; Webb, Wong, & Hubball, 2013). This paper shares some of the findings from a recent study that investigated what constrained educational leaders' understanding of SoTL while enrolled in a SoTL Leadership program at a Canadian research-intensive university. The paper will also explore implications for the support and enrichment of educational leadership.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, College Faculty, Scholarship, Educational Research, Higher Education, Leadership Training, Barriers, Faculty Development
University of Western Ontario and Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Mills Memorial Library Room 504, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6, Canada. Tel: 905-525-9140; e-mail: info@cjsotl-rcacea.ca; Web site: http://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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