Changes in Academic Staff Perceptions of the Status of Teaching and Research

Rome, Elizabeth de; Boud, David; Genn, J. M.

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“…Attitudes predict behaviour (Severy 1974), so, for example, a teacher who is enthusiastic and motivated is more likely to be effective than another who is not. Motivation is in turn linked to reward and much has been written about the lack of recognition for teaching in medical schools and how this works to the detriment of medical education (de Rome et al . 1985; McLeod 1986; Bloom 1989).…”

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Attitudes to teaching among teachers at a British medical school

1994

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A random sample of clinical teachers at a British medical school was surveyed by postal questionnaire to assess their attitudes to teaching and to teacher training. The response rate among the 186 teachers sampled was 80%. A high degree of enthusiasm for teaching was detected despite a perception that teaching received neither sufficient priority within the medical school nor due recognition within its reward structure. Feelings were mixed concerning the quality of training which graduates received. However, only 5% of teachers believed their own teaching ability to be below average. This survey revealed considerable support for the concept of training courses for medical teachers, though feelings were mixed as to whether such courses should be compulsory. These findings are discussed and related to recent initiatives to improve both the status of teaching within medical schools and the quality of medical education.

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“…Correspondence: Professor Paul Finucane, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Repatnation General Hospital, Daws Road, SA 5041, Australia. ten about the lack of recognition for teaching in medical schools and how this works to the detriment of medical education (de Rome et al 1985;McLeod 1986;Bloom 1989).…”

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1994

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“…Such a view now has the endorsement of the peak higher education group in Australia. Yet it has been pointed out that support for improving the quality of university teaching is not new (de Rome, Boud & Genn, 1985). It has been embodied in a long line of reports starting with the Murray Report in 1957 and followed up in the Passmore Report in 1963, the Australian Universities Commission Report in 1972, the William Report in 1979, and the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee Report in 1981 concerned with academic staff development.…”

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Teaching and Learning in the University: New Directions for Australian Higher Education

Kennedy

1995

Higher Education Quarterly

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The purpose of this paper is to outline recent changes to higher education in Australia and assess the implications of those changes for teaching and learning in universities. Three main changes have been identifgd:The meta-policy context that has transfmned a binaty system of higher education into a unified national system of universities. This has given nSe to the concept of the comprehensive university accompanied by an economic rationalist approach to the funding of higher education. Issues identifid are the relativities to be accorded to teaching and research in the new universities and the push for more efficient modes of teaching. Institutional changes that have influenced the traditional character of universities. These changes include the politicisation of Vice-Chancellors whose peak body is turw recognised by the government as the single voice of the university sector, the changing student composition of universities as a result of government policies relating to overseas students and students who have been traditiunally underpresented in universities and the introduction of academic staff appraisal. An assessment is made of this broad range of changes on teaching and learning. 3. Chaiging concep& of teaching are discussed with a particular emphasis on the work of Shulmun and its implications fot teaching in the university.

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“…Did things change subsequenty? Yes, they did, according to the results of a 1982 replication of Genn's study at The University of New South Wales (de Rome et al, 1985). The discrepancy between the ideal and the actual increased with regard to 'teaching performance' over that time and there was a downgrading of both the ideal and the actual regarding the importance of 'total effectiveness in working with students'.…”

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The Hudson Report and research on academics and academic processes in Australian Higher Education

Dunkin

1987

Aust. Educ. Res.

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The appearance of the Hudson Report on efficiency and effectiveness in higher education (Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission, 1986) is a good reason for this address to be concerned with Australian research on academic staff in higher education, especially where that research has implications for recommendations about academic staff contained in the Report.My plan is, first, to give a summary of the report's comments and recommendations concerning academic staff development, second, to discuss the use made of research evidence in those sections of the report concerning academic functions, third, to discuss Australian research on academic staff and their professional activities, and finally, to suggest some areas for further research and its support.On the topic of academic staffing, the Hudson Report emphasizes two main problems emerging from changes in higher education over the last decade: "uniformity and inflezibility" (p.9). These, it says, have resulted in:• unduly restricted opportunities for promotion;• reduced scope for recruiting new staff and thus infusing "'n e u" blood" into academic departments;• problems for institutions in adjusting resources for changes in demand or achieving savings following rationalisation;• limited capacity for institutions to compete for the best staff and maintain the motivation and interest of ezisting staff. (p.9)The Report then proceeds to review, and make recommendations concerning, the following elements of staffing arrangements: salary structures, outside earnings, tenure, limited term appointments, other tenure conditions, staff assessment, staff development, early retirement, and superannuation. In the light of this review, the Committee expressed a conviction that "a review of the terms and conditions of employment of academic staff is essential

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Changes in Academic Staff Perceptions of the Status of Teaching and Research

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Attitudes to teaching among teachers at a British medical school

Attitudes to teaching among teachers at a British medical school

Teaching and Learning in the University: New Directions for Australian Higher Education

The Hudson Report and research on academics and academic processes in Australian Higher Education

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