I reflect endlessly on the current disparity between the
esteem in which education and research are held in the university sector, about
means to blur the teaching–research dualism, about the fruitful nexus between teaching
and research, and about what each can learn from the other.
Here I highlight one area in which science education
researchers have something important to learn from their non-education science research
colleagues.
While most successful non-education
science researchers in Monash University’s Faculty of Science...
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
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Rowan - Coral Warr, recipient of the 2014 Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award for Excellence, writes an informative blog about juggling the demands of a teaching and research academic.
Teaching and research staff come in many flavours, and have different balances between the two areas of academic activity. I genuinely love both teaching and...
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