The Scholarship of Educational Leadership in Research-intensive University Contexts: Implications for Promotion and Tenure Supervision

Authors

  • Harry HUBBALL The University of British Columbia
  • Anthony CLARKE The University of British Columbia
  • CHNG Huang Hoon National University of Singapore
  • Peter GRIMMETT The University of British Columbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24112/ajsotl.53016

Abstract

This essay draws on inquiry and experience in research-intensive university (RIU) environments to provide a theoretical framework for the scholarship of educational leadership (SoEL), as well as practical examples for its strategic use within the context of supervising promotion and tenure (P&T) processes. We argue that the SoEL has significant benefits for RIUs: SoEL is strategically aligned with RIU mandates for sustained and productive scholarly activity; SoEL fosters an institutional culture of educational scholarship aimed at enhancing effective, efficient, and strategically aligned curricula and pedagogical practices; and SoEL has the potential to have a significant and strategic impact on P&T supervision. Based on communities of practice and inquiry-based learning, we reason that SoEL is central to well-founded and richly informed institution and Faculty-level educational reform. Applications of SoEL for P&T supervision are provided, as well as key institutional challenges and potential causes for optimism.

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Published

2015-06-01

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HUBBALL, H., CLARKE, A., CHNG, H. H., & GRIMMETT, P. (2015). The Scholarship of Educational Leadership in Research-intensive University Contexts: Implications for Promotion and Tenure Supervision. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 5(2), 92–107. https://doi.org/10.24112/ajsotl.53016

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)

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