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Teaching versus Research—Incompatibility or Overemphasis?
Author(s) -
Myers Phillip S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1993.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - emphasis (telecommunications) , quality (philosophy) , psychology , teaching method , engineering ethics , mathematics education , pedagogy , medical education , computer science , engineering , medicine , telecommunications , philosophy , epistemology
There is a perceived conflict between teaching and research. Is this perceived conflict the result of basic incompatibility between teaching and research or over emphasis on one or the other of the two factors? An analysis of the different audiences to which Professors profess is presented, and it is concluded that the problem is under emphasis on teaching. This under emphasis on teaching results from a lack of commitment of resources to evaluating and rewarding formal classroom teaching, the avoidance of painful decisions, and time pressures. The challenges are to develop and apply an accepted procedure for measuring the quality of teaching, to provide realistic opportunities for continued professional development, and to provide the time required to meet both research and teaching expectations, especially for probationary faculty. Suggestions for meeting these challenges are made.