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Defining scholarship for the twenty‐first century
Author(s) -
Diamond Robert M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.57
Subject(s) - scholarship , institution , higher education , sociology , unit (ring theory) , quality (philosophy) , faculty development , engineering ethics , political science , public relations , pedagogy , social science , psychology , epistemology , mathematics education , professional development , engineering , law , philosophy
Many factors determine the definition of scholarship at any given time, including the discipline, the priorities of the institution and academic unit, and the interests of the individual. This chapter discusses these influences, traces recent developments in how we view the scholarly role of faculty members, and it recommends an institutional approach for bringing fairness and quality into faculty reward systems.