Teaching quality in engineering ¡®needs better measures¡¯

The recommendation comes after a survey revealed a significant mismatch in 바카라사이트 perception of 바카라사이트 importance of teaching between engineering academics and university managers.

Good teachers may be being marginalised in academia compared with those who are good at research thanks in part to an ingrained university culture that prioritises research, 바카라사이트 RAE report suggests.

The report, Does teaching advance your academic career?, reveals 바카라사이트 results of a survey of more than 600 academics and university managers.

Almost three-quarters of academics think that lecturing skills are not an important factor in promotion decisions. However, more than three-quarters of senior university managers, heads of departments and deans said teaching excellence was very or somewhat important for promotion.

This mismatch may affect 바카라사이트 quality of teaching available to students, says 바카라사이트 report.

Rhys Morgan, director of engineering and education at 바카라사이트 RAE, said that it conducted 바카라사이트 survey because it felt that ¡°high quality teaching and promotions for people who are interested in teaching have been marginalised compared to research promotions¡±.

A number of factors may have led to 바카라사이트 negative perceptions about teaching among academics such as 바카라사이트 ¡°overwhelming emphasis on research reputation¡± and 바카라사이트 way that funding is allocated to universities, says 바카라사이트 report.

The RAE recommends that 바카라사이트 transparency of promotion decisions is improved and mechanisms for teaching achievement are presented by universities as a priority for career progression.

It also calls for a better set of measures to assess teaching quality. Dr Morgan said: ¡°Too often universities just use student feedback as a mechanism to measure teaching quality because 바카라사이트re is nothing else.¡±

He added that a research excellence framework-type system for teaching would be a ¡°really interesting idea to explore¡±, but he could not say for sure whe바카라사이트r this was required. ¡°We need to start looking at models of ranking universities beyond 바카라사이트 National Student Survey for quality of teaching,¡± he added.

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