ERIC Number: EJ1038373
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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The Inquiry Network: A Model for Promoting the Teaching-Research Nexus in Higher Education
Slapcoff, Marcy; Harris, dik
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, v44 n2 p68-84 2014
We describe how our teaching and learning centre developed a model, founded on Boyer's notion of scholarship, to explore the nature of the teaching-research nexus. At the core of this model is the Inquiry Network, a faculty learning community whose members moved from exploring the links between their own teaching and research to creating institution-wide resources to promote student learning. Working together, the members of the community developed a framework for learning outcomes that instructors can use in coursework to cultivate students' understanding of research and scholarship, regardless of discipline, academic level, or class size. The article recounts the process that led to the creation of the framework, and it considers the effectiveness of the process and the framework as a model for educational development and institutional change at a research-intensive university.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Research Universities, Teacher Researchers, Models, Inquiry, Communities of Practice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Teacher Collaboration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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