The Relationship Between Teaching and Research in Higher Education Perceptions Of Teaching Staff in The Faculty Of Education At King Khalid University Saudi Arabia

Al Shehri, Ahmed Awad

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The Relationship Between Teaching and Research in Higher Education Perceptions Of Teaching Staff in The Faculty Of Education At King Khalid University Saudi Arabia

Authors:

Al Shehri, Ahmed Awad

Publisher:

جامعة الأزهر - كلية التربية

Journal:

مجلة التربية 2012 Vol.147 Issue 1, pp.817-847

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001130211

pISSN:

1110-323X

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Abstract:

 This investigation attempts to advance the debate about the teaching/research nexus as currently being under discussion in higher education worldwide. It is assumed that since both teaching and research are central to higher education and seen as the two core activities of academics, there is a need therefore for active interaction and integration between them. \\ A primary focus of this work was to investigate the academic staff perceptions of the relationship between their teaching and research at the undergraduate level in Saudi universities. To address this issue, the study included an extensive review of the relevant international literature, a critical evaluation of the teaching/research context within Saudi higher education and was illustrated by semi-structured interviews with 12 teaching staff from three different departments in the Faculty of Education, King Khalid University. \\ The case study revealed that the teaching/research relationship appeared to operate in two ways, although flowed more freely from teaching to research than vice versa due to some factors related to promotion and academic identity. Whereas research as content satisfactorily informed staff teaching and their subjects, research as skill and process -often called research- based teaching was not highly emphasized within classroom context. It seemed that the predominance of traditional lecturing, teacher-centered instruction and content-based assessment was likely to have a role in this. \\ Across the three departments there were a range of barriers and impediments to a strong teaching/research nexus, most of which were related to heavy-burdened workload, .inadequate reward and appraisal systems and insufficient in- service individual and professional training. Consequently, a number of suggestions and recommendations for policy and practice to strengthen the nexus had been addressed.

Article Details

The Relationship Between Teaching and Research in Higher Education Perceptions Of Teaching Staff in The Faculty Of Education At King Khalid University Saudi Arabia

Authors:

Al Shehri, Ahmed Awad

Publisher:

جامعة الأزهر - كلية التربية

Journal:

مجلة التربية 2012 Vol.147 Issue 1, pp.817-847

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001130211

pISSN:

1110-323X

اللسانيات

التعليم العالي

التدريس

السعودية

Issues

Article Details

The Relationship Between Teaching and Research in Higher Education Perceptions Of Teaching Staff in The Faculty Of Education At King Khalid University Saudi Arabia

Authors: Al Shehri, Ahmed Awad

Publisher: جامعة الأزهر - كلية التربية

Journal: مجلة التربية 2012 Vol.147 Issue 1, pp.817-847

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2012

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001130211

pISSN: 1110-323X

اللسانيات

التعليم العالي

التدريس

السعودية

Issues

Authors:

Al Shehri, Ahmed Awad

Publisher:

جامعة الأزهر - كلية التربية

Journal:

مجلة التربية 2012 Vol.147 Issue 1, pp.817-847

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001130211

pISSN:

1110-323X