Afterword: Teaching and Research Directions for International Professional Communication

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dixie Goswami Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Professional Communication ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Teaching And Research

Researching the Teaching-Research Nexus: A Critical Review

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Rewards

The question of whether or not a nexus exists between the teaching and research roles of academics is often contentious and has been the subject of much research and writing over this century. This paper critically examines a large portion of this body of literature. The first section provides a historical and an organisational perspective on the evolution of the teaching and research roles of academic work. It then reviews the higher education literature which reflects three approaches to examining the teaching-research nexus: personal commentaries and analyses; correlations of measures of teaching effectiveness as measured by student evaluations and measures of research productivity based predominantly on publication counts; and surveys of academics of their work preferences, time spent on teaching and research activities and perceptions of academic rewards. The paper then presents some recent investigations of the teaching-research nexus which have attempted to take different investigative approaches, and concludes by suggesting future research directions.

Doctoral Studies in Psychology in Spain

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Yolanda García Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
The State ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Critical Phase ◽  
The Individual

In Spain doctoral studies underwent a major legal reform in 1998. The new legislation has brought together the criteria, norms, rules, and study certificates in universities throughout the country, both public and private. A brief description is presented here of the planning and structuring of doctoral programs, which have two clearly differentiated periods: teaching and research. At the end of the 2-year teaching program, the individual and personal phase of preparing one's doctoral thesis commences. However, despite efforts by the state to regulate these studies and to achieve greater efficiency, critical judgment is in order as to whether the envisioned aims are being achieved, namely, that students successfully complete their doctoral studies. After this analysis, we make proposals for the future aimed mainly at the individual period during which the thesis is written, a critical phase in obtaining the doctor's degree. Not enough attention has been given to this in the existing legislation.

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

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