Conference presentation
Two Birds, One Stone: Using the Scholarly Practices Model to improve teaching and drive research output
SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 09/11/2021 - 11/11/2021)
11/11/2021
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Abstract
This presentation seeks to address and provide a meaningful solution for the perennial challenge confronting academics; “how do I balance the competing demands of being a good teacher and being a good researcher, particularly in terms of driving my career progression, and especially during the advent of the SC Model”.
The Scholarly Practices Model provides a simple, structured approach to addressing these challenges, especially during the rollout of the SC Model. In fact, our transition to the SC Model provides a raft of opportunities to deploy the Scholarly Practices Model to both improve student outcomes and generate research outputs.
The Model, developed by Melanie Williams and her colleagues (2013), is based upon the seminal work of Ernest Boyer (1991) and has been acknowledged by TEQSA, our higher education regulator, as an excellent way to drive scholarship in higher education. And, given TEQSA’s new interest in research outputs, this approach becomes particularly salient.
I have used the model for several years at both a personal and institutional level and have found that it addresses two key goals: it improves student outcomes, and it helps me generate publications for the scholarly journals, which in turn contributes to my research output.
This presentation will:
discuss this new thinking about scholarship and research
explain through the Scholarly Practices Model
demonstrate the Scholarly Practices Model with a practical example
share some of the outcomes and outputs from my usage of it.
Handouts will include the model and its “checklist”.
Boyer, E. L. (1991). The Scholarship of Teaching from: Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. College Teaching, 39(1), 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.1991.10532213
Williams, M., Goulding, F., & Seddon, T. (2013). Towards a culture of scholarly practice in mixed-sector institutions. NCVER. https://www.ncver.edu.au/research-and-statistics/publications/all-publications/towards-a-culture-of-scholarly-practice-in-mixed-sector-institutions
Details
- Title
- Two Birds, One Stone: Using the Scholarly Practices Model to improve teaching and drive research output
- Creators
- Paul Whitelaw - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 09/11/2021 - 11/11/2021)
- Identifiers
- 991013143568902368
- Academic Unit
- Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation); Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; The Hotel School
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT