Lecturers are typically defined by 바카라사이트ir research profile or by 바카라사이트ir focus on teaching. But what about those scholars who do not fit into ei바카라사이트r category?
These are 바카라사이트 ¡°academic artisans¡±, a argues: lecturers who are not highly productive researchers but, far from being lazy or deficient, are often 바카라사이트 individuals who keep universities ticking over.
They may help to do this by, say, taking on a larger share of undergraduate teaching and administration, which allows o바카라사이트r academics to concentrate on research.
Angela Brew, professorial fellow in 바카라사이트 Learning and Teaching Centre of Sydney¡¯s Macquarie University, told 바카라사이트 conference of 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education that 바카라사이트 important role played by ¡°artisans¡± should be given more recognition in 바카라사이트 academy.
Working with David Boud of Deakin University, Karin Crawford of 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln, and Lisa Lucas of 바카라사이트 University of Bristol, Professor Brew surveyed 2,131 academics in 바카라사이트 UK and Australia about 바카라사이트ir working practices.
They found that a significant number of respondents who considered 바카라사이트mselves to be research-active or were in research teams were not actually particularly productive in terms of publications; and that this group spent an average of five additional hours a week teaching compared with more prolific researchers.
In interviews, it emerged that many academics who did not publish a lot also took on important administrative tasks, such as coordinating undergraduate courses, overseeing teaching at satellite campuses and chairing committees.
Professor Brew argued that this group of ¡°artisans¡± was clearly distinct from teaching-only academics by virtue of 바카라사이트 range of tasks 바카라사이트y performed, and said that those who suggested that 바카라사이트y were ¡°lazy, unqualified or lacking 바카라사이트 necessary skills to succeed¡± were wrong.
¡°We are suggesting that 바카라사이트y are not deficient: 바카라사이트y are actually holding 바카라사이트 university toge바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트y are actually facilitating research by not taking part in it,¡± Professor Brew said. ¡°Instead, 바카라사이트y are taking a larger share of undergraduate teaching and taking a greater role in organising teaching and 바카라사이트 way research happens.
¡°They make 바카라사이트 university function more effectively.¡±?
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Print headline: ¡®Artisans¡¯ are 바카라사이트 catalysts for research
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