Scholarly Productivity Redefined in Counselor Education

Abstract

In this study. counselor educators responded to a survey about their scholarly productivity over a 3-year period. Their involvement in 7 scholarly activities is reported by category and by type of institution. tenure status. academic rank. and gender. Using a more comprehensive definition of scholarly productivity. this study documents that counselor educators are involved in a much broader. more diversified spectrum of scholarly activities than prior studies of scholarly productivity have indicated. Implications for tenure and promotion decisions, along with recommendations for training and mentoring of future counselor educators as well as future directions for research. are discussed.

Evidence of the Boyer Model of Scholarship in Counselor Education

“…16). This reaffirms the contention by Ramsey et al (2002) that a "broader spectrum of scholarly productivity is required to reflect the uniqueness and diversity of interests within counselor education research" (p. 42). Counselor education researchers have expressed a need to stimulate greater interest in research (Royalty & Reising, 1986), move students from being consumers to producers of research (Reisetter, Korcuska, Yexley, Bonds, Nikles, & McHenry, 2004), and better prepare counselor educators for the expectations of the profession (Okech, Astramovich, Johnson, Hoskins, & Rubel, 2006).…”

“…The Boyer (1990) model of scholarship is generally endorsed by counselor educators (Davis, Levitt, McGlothlin, & Hill, 2006;Ramsey, Cavallaro, Kiselica, & Zila, 2002). Boyer (1990) provided a creative and expansive view of scholarly productivity.…”

“…Boyer (1990) provided a creative and expansive view of scholarly productivity. Scholarship was reconsidered and no longer viewed as synonymous with research, which was often narrow and harmful to universities, faculty, and students (Ramsey et al, 2002). Referred to as the Boyer model (1990), the broader definition includes the following forms of scholarship: discovery, integration, application, and teaching.…”

“…Ramsey et al (2002) conducted a national survey of counselor educators and their involvement in scholarly activities. They surveyed perceived expectations related to promotion and tenure and stated that "decisions on recruitment, reappointment, tenure, salary, and promotion are all influenced by scholarly productivity" (p. 41).…”

“…Since journal articles remain most valuable for promotion, we delineated the taxonomy of scholarship and provided clear examples of published journal articles that meet these classifications. Ramsey et al (2002) purported a redefinition of scholarship and a "broader spectrum of scholarly productivity measures are required to adequately reflect the uniqueness and diversity of interests within counselor education research" (p. 42). Scholarship Reconsidered (Boyer, 1990) …”