Some are of the opinion that a good researcher may not be a good teacher and vice versa. Others feel that a good researcher is always a good teacher. And this debate continues. So what is your personal opinion on this with justification.
Teaching is an art. Teachers are an artist with knowledge of the subject they are teaching. Research is a systematic process for discovery. A researcher may be proficient in conducting research but not at sharing research findings or teaching. A researcher may be knowledgable but lacks artistic skill teaching. Thanks.
‘Dear Mohammed R. Ahmed, thanks for your reply with justification. However, ‘what you teach’ is more important than ‘how you teach’. Contents matter in teaching at higher level. Then it may be argued that only a researcher with his advanced and update knowledge can deliver better compared to a non-researcher. What do you think of this?
There is a continuous debate about the relationship between research quality of academicians and their teaching performance. This question is important not only for scientific merit but also for policy-making, especially for higher education stakeholders. The research quality is measured by the publication records of the teachers. The teaching quality is measured by both student grades and student evaluations of the teachers. In my view excellent research performance contributes to a higher teaching quality in the master programs if the quality of teaching is measured by student grades. Further that if good researchers have indeed time for teaching, then they better should be allocated to courses in the master programs.
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