Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning

The move toward recognizing teaching academics has resulted in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) gaining a greater prominence within the academy, particularly through the academic promotions system. With several Australian universities now providing opportunities for teaching staff who...

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Main Authors: Vardi, Iris, Quin, Robyn
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2691
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description The move toward recognizing teaching academics has resulted in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) gaining a greater prominence within the academy, particularly through the academic promotions system. With several Australian universities now providing opportunities for teaching staff who do not engage in research to be promoted, it is important that the teaching criteria for promotion are demonstrably of equal value to promotion based on research. However, examination of the definitions of SoTL reveals not only their variation, but also their limitations in terms of academic promotion. This paper examines the institutional concepts underlying promotion and compares these to definitions of SoTL. It argues for a broadening of the SoTL concept to met the underlying institutional expectations of reward and recognition through promotion.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-26912019-02-19T05:34:45Z Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning Vardi, Iris Quin, Robyn promotion academic performance scholarship of teaching and learning The move toward recognizing teaching academics has resulted in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) gaining a greater prominence within the academy, particularly through the academic promotions system. With several Australian universities now providing opportunities for teaching staff who do not engage in research to be promoted, it is important that the teaching criteria for promotion are demonstrably of equal value to promotion based on research. However, examination of the definitions of SoTL reveals not only their variation, but also their limitations in terms of academic promotion. This paper examines the institutional concepts underlying promotion and compares these to definitions of SoTL. It argues for a broadening of the SoTL concept to met the underlying institutional expectations of reward and recognition through promotion. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2691 10.1080/07294360.2011.536971 Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle promotion
academic performance
scholarship of teaching and learning
Vardi, Iris
Quin, Robyn
Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
title Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
title_full Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
title_fullStr Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
title_full_unstemmed Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
title_short Promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
title_sort promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning
topic promotion
academic performance
scholarship of teaching and learning
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2691