Research into one’s own teaching practice, a significant aspect of the scholarship of teaching and learning in tertiary education, raises ethical issues. This paper sets out some ethical issues for teaching staff and their implications for academic management and academic development. It uses a case study of a funded Action Research in Teaching and Learning scheme in the Science, Engineering and Technology Portfolio at RMIT University. It examines the role that academic developers can play in building staff and organisational capability to work ethically with research into teaching practice.

Keywords: Scholarship of teaching and learning, classroom research, human ethics in research, academic development