The Research-Teaching Nexus: Not merely an enduring myth

Higher Education Forum Volume 17 Page 69-97 published_at 2020-03
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Title ( eng )
The Research-Teaching Nexus: Not merely an enduring myth
Creator
Zhang Li-fang
Horta Hugo
Jung Jisun
Postiglione Gerard A.
Source Title
Higher Education Forum
Volume 17
Start Page 69
End Page 97
Journal Identifire
[PISSN] 2432-9614
[NCID] AA1187795X
Abstract
For more than a century, whether or not the research-teaching nexus exists has remained an intensely debated issue in the global academy at both the conceptual and empirical levels. Situating teaching styles within the context of teaching, conceptualizing research agendas as a dimension of research, and using academic self-efficacy as a mediator, the present study empirically investigated the research-teaching nexus. Participants were 256 academics in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields from all of the eight institutions funded by the University Grants Committee in Hong Kong. In the context of participating in the “Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society” (APIKS) international survey between late 2017 and early 2018, the participants responded to a short version of the Multi-Dimensional Research Agendas Inventory, a short version of the Research-Teaching Efficacy Inventory, and two scales from the Thinking Styles in Teaching Inventory.
Results showed that academics’ research agendas statistically predicted their teaching styles – after age, gender, academic rank, and institutional ranking were considered. Furthermore,academic self-efficacy, especially research efficacy, provided a pathway from research agendas to one of the two teaching styles examined. Limitations and theoretical contributions of the research are discussed; and practical implications of the research findings are proposed for academics in STEM fields and for university senior managers.
Keywords
Teaching styles
research agendas
academic self-efficacy
Hong Kong academics
STEM fields
Descriptions
This research was funded by the General Research Fund (Grant number: 17604015) as administered by the University Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the People’s Republic of China.
Language
eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publisher
Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University
Date of Issued 2020-03
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 2432-9614
[ISBN] 978-4-86637-024-8
[NCID] AA1187795X