Determining Institutional Supports for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Chinese Universities.

Dr. Hamilton was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant to examine the support of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the institutional level in China.

The goal of this research is to explore the extent to which Chinese faculty members are supported in engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL)-related projects at an institutional level and to document what kinds of supports currently exist and are accessed. Data gathered about institutional policies, plans, funding sources, and reward structures across a spectrum of public and private universities will provide insight into the extent to which SOTL has been institutionalized in Chinese universities. It will help to profile sources of helpful support as well as the gaps in available support that will be insightful to educational policy-makers, leaders, and researchers.