scholarly journals Stillingsstrukturens betydning for samspillet mellem forskning og undervisning

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Frederik Voetmann Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Job Structure

Universiteternes stillingsstruktur har betydning for, hvordan universiteterne kan varetage undervisning og forskning – herunder sikre samspillet mellem hovedopgaverne. Artiklen kortlægger hvordan de 5 stillingscirkulærer der har været fra 1994 til i dag har ført til forskydninger i ansættelsespraksis på universiteterne i retning af relativt flere midlertidige stillinger med altovervejende fokus på forskning. Det konkluderes, at der er behov for et fornyet politisk fokus på hvordan samspillet mellem forskning og undervisning kan styrkes, og at stillingsstrukturen er et vigtigt sted at sætte ind.  The Job Structure for Academic Staff affects how universities organize teaching and research and particularly how they can ensure interplay between the two fundamental tasks. The article maps how five different Job Structures from 1994 to today have led to a shift in employment practices at universities towards temporary positions with a focus on research. It is concluded that the interplay between research and teaching could be strengthened, and that a revision of the Job Structure for Academic Staff is an important element in this endeavour.

scholarly journals "E-books are good if there are no copies left": a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (104) ◽  
pp. 45-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Ann Chelin ◽  
Jason Briddon ◽  
Elspeth Williams ◽  
Jane Redman ◽  
Alastair Sleat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Materials ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Considerable Effort ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Subject Coverage

This article outlines research carried out with students and academic staff at a large UK university library on how e-books are being used for learning, teaching and research. It was discovered that e-books are meeting many of users' needs, especially in terms of accessibility, but there are still concerns about subject coverage and the impact on students' learning. There are various reasons why e-books are beneficial in developing an academic library collection, most particularly for reference materials and essential readings, but librarians need to work closely with academic staff to integrate use of e-books effectively into learning and teaching, taking care that licence and access implications are better understood. The drivers to the use of e-books appear to be outweighing the barriers, although the latter will require considerable effort on the part of librarians within their institutions and also in terms of communicating concerns to e-book providers.

A New Field on the Making in Turkish Academia: a few Issues Regarding the Turkic World Literatures Teaching and Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-282
Author(s):  
Ertuğrul Karakuş
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Literary Theories ◽  
Turkish Higher Education

As a field and course, “Turkic World Literatures” covers Turkish literatures outside Turkey. However, in practice, it is seen to encompass new (contemporary-modern) literature field outside Turkey. This field is taught in Turkish higher education in different courses such as “Contemporary Turkic World Literatures”, “Turkic World Literatures”, “Comparative Turkic World Literatures” and “Azerbaijan/ Turkmenistan, etc. Literature Examples”. Nevertheless, there are some differences in practice and content when it comes to research in the field in general, and teaching in particular. This study discusses a few issues regarding Turkic World Literatures research and teaching and makes suggestions in conclusion. Within the framework of Turkic World Literatures course and research, “determination of the field’s scope”, “inter-field comparison” and “textual adaptation of contemporary literary theories and knowledge” are discussed.

scholarly journals How qualitative research can infuse teaching in accounting

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-462
Author(s):  
Lisa Jack ◽  
Olivier Saulpic
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Classroom Interventions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Introductory Essay ◽  
Teacher Researchers

Purpose This paper aims to present an understanding of what it means to infuse teaching with qualitative research and to introduce the papers in the special issue. Design/methodology/approach This is an introductory essay that provides a brief overview and analysis of the ideas to be found in the issue. Findings The special issue contributes to the understanding of the integration of teaching and research by showing how the authors as actors, as teacher-researchers, bring not just the findings but also reflexivity into the classroom and take knowledge out into both research and teaching. The papers in this issue all consider the agency of teachers in bringing an epistemology into the classroom, and in developing that epistemology. Originality/value The papers in this issue go beyond concepts of research-led teaching and the research-teaching nexus towards reflective pieces that develop understanding of epistemology rather than more conventional reports of classroom interventions.

scholarly journals The Ph.D.-candidate as an information literate resource

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Daland
Keyword(s):  
Reference Group ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
Do So

One of Agder University Librarys goals is to support teaching and research at the University of Agder (UoA). To do so, the library should be involved in research projects and offer the right products at the right time. The spring of 2012 a survey was conducted among researchers (academic staff and Ph.D.-students) at the faculty of humanities and education at UoA as well as the library staff. Aditional interviews was made with the library´s research librarians and two of the Ph.D.-students. The surveys and interviews made it clear that researchers and librarians have a different conception on what research support is and should be. While librarians focus mostly on library resources, the researchers focus more generally on practical, economical and administrative help to make research possible. However, the majority answered yes to the question on the library being an important part of research support.Working closely with the researchers can help to offer the right library resources at the right time. Ph.D.-students are less likely to be set in their ways in regards to information behaviour and will often be positive to try new approaches. Also, the Ph.D.-students can be used as a reference group for developing library resources for researchers, for example subject guides. The outside perspective on the library can help to find new ways of approaching research support to make it more useful to researchers.

scholarly journals Exploring the synergistic relationship between research and teaching

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Fredericks
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Single Entity ◽  
Research Relationship ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Synergistic Relationship

Even though the relationship between teaching and research has been examined extensively over the past decade, and a number of published articles and seminar based workshops exist (Hattie and Marsh, 1996) ; there continues to be a disconnect in the application and integration of these two concepts in the academic setting. This difficulty may be due to the perception that teaching and research are two separate entities that need to be fitted together (Boyer 1990). An alternative approach to understanding these two concepts is to envision them as one entity consisting of two components that feed off of each other. That is, as academics, our goal is to engage in a single entity identified as scholarly activities. These activities should present themselves as an amalgamation of teaching and research. To have a scholarly presence, an academic must not only be competent in both areas, but must consistently demonstrate the relationship between their teaching and research throughout their tenure. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of strategies academics can consider as they continue to refine and develop their program of scholarship. A summary of the relationship between teaching and research will be provided, followed by a presentation of various methods that can enhance the teaching and research relationship both within and outside of the classroom environment.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in the Subjective Well-Being of Research and Teaching Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-131
Author(s):  
Lyudmila S. Skachkova ◽  
◽  
Daria P. Shchetinina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Status ◽  
Emotional Balance ◽  
Rational Component

Subjective well-being is a new cognitive-affective indicator of socio-economic success of individuals that affects the effectiveness of their professional activities. The authors of the article investigate this phenomenon in the academic sphere, offering to analyze the gender specifics of the subjective well-being of research and teaching staff. The aim of the study is to compare the subjective well-being of research and teaching staff depending on gender, and to review theoretical approaches to research on subjective well-being. Based on the reflection of the previous stages of the study, the authors developed a methodological construct that includes an assessment of the subjective well-being of the academic staff of Russian universities through the analysis of affective and cognitive components. When developing research tools (online questionnaires), we used the emotional balance scale N. We also used questions from the European social survey (ESS) (measuring the overall perception of happiness and life values) and the VTSIOM monitoring study (self-assessment of financial situation). In the course of the study, the authors determined the specificity of subjective well-being on the basis of gender differences in the academic field that manifest the subjective assessment of affective (emotional balance of positive and negative emotions, subjective assessment of well-being in the context of the current period) and a cognitive component of subjective well-being: the value-rational component (assessment of their freedom, a sense of meaning in life, having goals and activities that define the meaning of life, etc.), goal-rational component (overall rating of quality of life, assessment of socio-economic and political institutions, satisfaction with the professional sphere). The assessment of subjective well-being of academic staff in Russian universities with regard to professional determinants (awareness of the value and purpose of professional activities, the status of the profession in society, the status of the institution, opportunity for professional development, self-development, academic freedom, relations, professional communication, work schedule, sabbaticals, precariatization (reporting, administrative burden).

scholarly journals The Lives and Deaths of Jobs: Technical Interdependence and Survival in a Job Structure

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
John-Paul Ferguson ◽  
Rembrand Koning ◽  
Sharique Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Face ◽  
Job Structure ◽  
The Impact

Prior work has considered the properties of individual jobs that make themmore or less likely to survive in organizations. Yet little researchexamines how a job's position within a larger job structure affects itslife chances and thus the evolution of the larger job structure over time.In this article, we explore the impact of technical interdependence on thedynamics of job structures. We argue that jobs that are more enmeshed in ajob structure through these interdependencies are more likely to survive.We test our theory on a quarter-century of personnel and job-descriptiondata for the non-academic staff of one of America’s largest publicuniversities. Our results provide support for our key hypotheses: jobsthat are more enmeshed in clusters of technical interdependence are lesslikely to die. At the same time, being part of such a cluster means that ajob is more vulnerable if its neighbors disappear. And the "protection" oftechnical interdependence is contingent: it does not hold in the face ofstrategic change or other organizational restructurings. Weoffer implications of our analyses for research in organizationalperformance, careers, and labor markets.

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