Higher Education, Teaching, Research, Importance,

1. Why Do We NeedWhy Do We Need
Research?Research?
Orientation to New Teachers –
2013 (BHC)
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2. Teaching and Research
 Teaching answers
questions
What?
How?
 Research answers
the question
Why?
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3. Role of Research inRole of Research in
Teaching?Teaching?
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4. Research
 That includes
Visiting archives,
Library research,
Fieldwork, etc.,
 Mostly involves constant
writing.
Expected to publish
consistently in top
journals and
To write books in
order to keep our
jobs.
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5. Publications
• To write book
reviews
• Make other such
contributions to
our field of study
on a regular
basis.
• This includes major
work like
editing series of
books, as minor
work like writing
articles for
encyclopaedias.
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6. Research Advise
• Advising students, which
takes up MUCH more
of our time.
• Review their work
constantly,
• Helping them to ready
their theses and
dissertations for
submission and
defence.
• Help them prepare for
the job market in other
ways,
• Reviewing their paper
proposals
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7. Committee work
• Departmental
committees,
• University committees,
• Nationwide
committees
• International forums to
specific to our field
of study.
 Committees have
varied tasks, but all
involve
 lots of meeting time,
 paperwork and
 research.
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8. Curriculum Development
• Revising the curriculum
• Attend seminars and
workshops to hone
our teaching skills.
• Program review every
few years,
 generating all sorts of
qualitative and
 quantitative reports on
our department's
curriculum and
pedagogy.
• Research is at the centre
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9. Grants
• Funds for our own
research.
• Spend lots of time
finding available
grants,
• Applying for them.
• Needs Strong
Research
Background
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10. Presentation and Research
• Presenting our work at
conferences at least
once a year.
• Writing up proposals for
conferences, hoping
to be selected to
present on our work in
progress.
• Competitive process, one
must submit proposals
to many conferences
in order to be selected
to present at least
one.
• Impossible without
research
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11. Invited Lectures
• We give lectures at
other institutions
when invited.
• Display your Skills
and Share
• Research alone
helps
•
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Einstein on Research
If we know
what was we
were doing, it
will not be
called
research,
would it?