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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author FARCAS, Diana (FIGUEIRA BERNARDES, Sónia; MATOS, Madalena)
Title The research-teaching nexus from the Portuguese academics’ perspective : a qualitative case study in a school of social sciences and humanities / Diana Farcas ; Sónia Figueira Bernandes ; Madalena Matos
Publication year 2017
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 74 (2017) 2, S. 239 - 258
Inventory number 45676
Keywords Ausland : Portugal : einzelne Hochschulen ; Ausland : Portugal : Studenten, Studium, Lehre
Abstract This paper reports on a study conducted as part of an action-research project—INTEGRA I&E—aiming to promote the research and teaching (R&T) nexus at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of a Research University in Lisbon, Portugal (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISCTE-IUL). This study set out to investigate a multi-informant perspective of the academics’ rhetoric (conceptions, perception of barriers/facilitators and consequences) concerning the nexus, which can be considered at different levels of the curricular and organizational structure. Focus groups were conducted with 26 professors and 8 researchers from six different disciplinary areas and, afterwards, recorded and transcribed. A content analysis was used to categorize and quantify participants’ responses. Four themes emerged: practices linking R&T, barriers, facilitators and consequences of the nexus. Different levels of analysis were identified for each theme, namely, the level of ISCTE-IUL, Research Centers, Departments, Courses and Classes. Some disciplinary differences were also encountered. This study contributes with a multi-informant and multi-level perspective of academics’ conceptions of the R&T nexus in a Portuguese research-oriented university. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Farcas, Diana, E-Mail: diana.farcas@iscte.pt