Teaching, service and research are mention as the three roles of higher education institutions but sometimes divides faculty into separate groups instead of creating synergies. Any suggestions on how to increase the integration of research results in teaching and service, increase research in the teaching and service environment, and use service experience and outcomes in teaching and research?
In the same university, administrators or research center should promote the publication and informal internal presentation of research results focusing on its application to teaching and service projects. Maybe teaching and research faculty can join together to create teaching modules. Communication, network and internal coordination is essential to promote more synergies. Another entities that can be involved in this effort are academic associations.
I believe that really interdisciplinary and collaborative work is the one and only method to promote integration between research, practice and teaching.First, as a researcher I tried to identify the social demands (called as "agenda" in Latinoamerican studies) and the different ways with which people express their problems. Usually the researchers impose their views about a social problem and try to "convert/ subvert" practitioners to their perspective. I think that, in those cases, practioners, their practices and knowledges, are viewed simply as a spoils of war of theory' demands. I try in my work to cut/ focalize a social problem, arguing and deeply reflect on it with others members of the team, also we try to go to the site, analizying and confronting our views. In teaching courses we take these situations as "cases" and explain the theory arguing their relevance to the analysis. The basis of this work is the mutual respect.
I would look at problem based learning in a group context, this will remove some of the discipline specific nonsense that can happen with group work. This follows nicely with Ms. Silva's answer.
I'm also concerned about this issue! In my case, in the field of civil engineering.
What I have done in order to improve this integration, was: 1) to include researchers in courses, together with no researchers professors; 2) to include special classes aimed to inform research progresses in our group; 3) to motivate students to participate in research activities, to get involved. After 4 years of doing this, some good results were obtained. At least, now I note that professional and research areas are more integrated. I completely agree with previous comments that mutual respect must be the basis.
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