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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author LIGHT, Greg (CALKINS, Susanna)
Title The experience of academic learning : uneven conceptions of learning across research and teaching / Greg Light ; Susanna Calkins
Publication year 2015
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 69 (2015) 3, S. 345 - 359
Inventory number 37884
Keywords Studentenschaft : Studienverhalten ; Didaktik ; Lehre
Abstract Research and teaching are often construed by academic staff as incongruous activities that have little overlap in practice. Many studies on the relationship of teaching and research assume an inherent competition or ?rivalry? between these two practices. In this study, we draw on a framework that conceptualizes these academic practices not as distinct and irreconcilable, but rather as analogous practices with a common essential goal: the advancement of learning and knowledge. Taking a phenomenographic research perspective, we investigated how 39 early career, research active academic staff at a research-intensive university conceive of learning across their academic experience and practices. We identified five distinct conceptions of academic learning within three general categories: disconnected, transitional, and connected. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Light, Greg, E-Mail: g-light@northwestern.edu