Independent Center Research

Academic Learning: Integrating Faculty Conceptions of Research and Teaching

This research explored the ways in which early-career faculty conceptualize their academic practice in terms of the relationships among research, teaching, and learning.

Light, G., & Calkins, S. (2007). Academic learning: Integrating faculty conceptions of research and teaching. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Annual Meeting.

Academic Learning: Integrating Faculty Conceptions of Research and Teaching

This study examines the rivalry of academic practice (i.e., the tension between teaching and research) which often undermines the goals of learning. Drawing on interview transcripts from 25 early career faculty, we identified four faculty conceptions of the relationship of learning, teaching, and research in academic practice.