I think that a teacher can be a good researcher. However, it depends on many factors such as, research interest, research skills, have a good knowldge, have enough time, and so on.

to my opinion, i consider teaching as an art...

good researchers may/may not possess this art..!

I have been exposed to very nice research scientists whose knowledge base may be supersonic but they are very poor in communication skills and worse when it comes to public information sharing! For sure, they may make very bad teachers even though they know!

The question may rather be HOW TO MAKE RESEARCH SCIENTISTS GOOD IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS/PUBLIC SPEAKERS?

students are normally motivated/pissed off based on the way presentations/formal lectures are made..!

Teaching and research goes together in most universities including mine. Assessment for promotion are based more on research than teaching. However, I have met and have colleagues that excel in both. Nevertheless, there are those that do better as researchers than teachers.

Really it is an interesting question. Each and every profession is different. A good teacher could do research but researcher is different profession to me.Also a good researcher could not feel comfortable to being teacher.They can be educator or trainer.This is my thinking.Or sometimes a good teacher could be a good researcher.But he/she will choose just one profession later on.

A good teacher can be a good researcher provided one has interest and aptitude for research.

Good teachers are curious always for new approaches to help them function better. Thus, they resort to fine, quality research.

Case-by-Case

Is there any evidence that good teachers are good researchers?

Some common good characteristics exist in both teachers & researchers include:

Debate arises because of the question which one is at the center? Student or the subject? For an excellent researcher, subject is everything while for a excellent teacher, student is everything.

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Chitra

Hello,

The actor/author dichotomy introduced by writers like Crooks and Kumaravadivelu provides a reliable basis for deciding on the fact that good teachers are the ones involved in research. Teachers today are not merely actors using the prescribed theories and principles; rather, they follow a double loop learning approach in which theory and practice go hand in hand. Teachers as authors are reflective and curious about learning problems. Hence, by getting involved in action research they try to materialize reflection-in-action and reflection -on- action at the same time. Consequently, good teaching is closely interlocked with good researching.

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R. Biria

It depends on the person. If a researcher is a good teacher then he/she can contribute the society in a high level.

Good Teacher in simple way and good researchers explain in innovative ideas with social touch.

Its personal interest and skills. Sometime, non PhD person is much better teacher than PhD

Teaching and research are two separate fields which require a diverse set of skills. To be a good researcher one may require good academic writing skills where as a good teacher requires good colloquial skills.

Public speaking vs solo communication (on paper)

Engaging the students vs engaging the reader

Adapting to the learners requirements on the drop of the coin vs responding to journal reviewer comments

In short. Its diverse. There would be a handful of teachers in the world with good research capabilities. And a handful of researchers who are good in teaching.

I agree with Dr.Jana Kusch.

I don't think it is accurate to assume that if a person is a good researcher s/he should be a good teacher. Good teachers could be good researchers; however, this too is not always true .

Good teachers may be good researchers, too. But only those who are interested in research work. On the other hand, bad teachers, especially incompetent ones cannot pursue good researching due to their inability to conduct successful research work in any field of knowledge. Good teachers have a better chance than bad teachers, though this issue varies according to interest and potentials of scientific abilities.

they are two different entities, each has its own skills and experience, though teacher could be a good researcher and vice versa.

I agree@Hazim

I find researcher-teacher is better because he/she will give students more perspectives on the topic of study and let students to be more critical.

Well I think if a teacher is of basic sciences he/she have ample time for research, but if the teacher is a clinical educator. Than he/she are already doing multi tasking teaching the students in clinical environment and provided patient-centered care. However, can do research on their clinical finding or innovative technique. What most of clinical educators mostly do.

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YK

Yes.

There is what is referred to as "reverse causality" sort of a phenomenon in this observation. Those teachers that are also 'top researchers' tend to be 'good to students' because they give interesting facts & figures to their students. Besides, they often fact check unique features among students, and forgo the general, that are customs of young and inexperienced teachers. However, 'top researchers' are almost always experienced in the field, that is on its own a function of time. The experience gained to be a 'top researcher' could be a perfect replica of the same attribute needed to be a good teacher.

Kindly be so informed.