A teacher imparts ideas, his or others', to a limited audience in person.  A researcher imparts his own ideas to a more specialized audience through publications. A teacher enjoys the advantage over a researcher of witnessing spontaneous reactions to his or others' ideas, engaging in direct dialogues with students about those ideas, and thereby learning how to clarify them.  A researcher gives his own ideas more permanent form than a teacher can, and learns greater rigor from the specialists who read and review him.  A teacher derives more personal warmth from the experience of teaching than a researcher from publications, while a researcher gleans more professional prestige. From all this it follows that a combination of teaching and researching is best. 

A teacher imparts ideas, his or others', to a limited audience in person.  A researcher imparts his own ideas to a more specialized audience through publications. A teacher enjoys the advantage over a researcher of witnessing spontaneous reactions to his or others' ideas, engaging in direct dialogues with students about those ideas, and thereby learning how to clarify them.  A researcher gives his own ideas more permanent form than a teacher can, and learns greater rigor from the specialists who read and review him.  A teacher derives more personal warmth from the experience of teaching than a researcher from publications, while a researcher gleans more professional prestige. From all this it follows that a combination of teaching and researching is best. 

If the teacher investigates matters outside their teaching and these results are not taxed at preparing their students the teacher-researcher combination may not have the most impact.

Any engineer or specialist that is dedicated to teaching is first teacher and second engineer or specialist. Its corporate mission is education , so much of his research in this direction should focus on how to improve the teaching process that leads from the role of teacher , how best to teach science. This , to me, is the best combination teacher-researcher .

I think should be combination of both either research and teach at the same time or research then teach or teach then research.  Because it is analogous like talk (teach) the walk (research) and walk the talk.  Moreover, performing both also enrich the life of the university professor and maximally permeate the knowledge contribution.

Universities should have professors that are  both teaching and doing research which are fundamental not only to disseminate knowledge but to create knowledge and develop science. Universities should have ways and means to support both activities as part of their mission. It is when research is active, science advances and thereby the development of society and the  way of life. But  at the same time not every university professor has to do research, as teaching by it self is a noble and mind transforming profession which we all are the product of it.   

University professor must be best in teaching, research and administration. In my point of view, some of the best researchers are also excellent teachers and administrators. And, while some strong researchers who are not good teachers do exist, I believe that purposeful teaching effort does in fact result in much better research.

I think that it depends on the kind of research and the level of teching. For example, a researcher who teaches graduate courses on his specific field and focus part of the class being focused on students actually doing assignments related to research, then it might work. On the contrary, if you are teaching undergraduate students courses outside of the research area, then it is difficult to balance both, since preparation time for both activities can be taxing.

Both (Academics and Research) are required.

Absence of one will be a monotony.

Dear Raheam,

If I had a choice I would choose teaching because I have a deep passion in the art. I am not so sure I would get board if left alone to teach. The interaction with students alone still excites me to no end. I enjoy office hours, meeting students for coffee or inviting them into my home for discussions regarding there research.

For me research is also a passion of mine which I thoroughly enjoy as well but the difference is the students. Hence I must say if given the choice I would chose teaching.

This is not possible under the pressure to publish and I enjoy the writing process it still must take a backseat to teaching.

Douglas

Some people are better at doing research while some people are better at teaching and some do both well: so, specializing mostly on what one does best  would be good for some but still, researchers should share their ideas with students sometimes (otherwise, who will continue their work when they retire) and teachers should also do some research and attend conferences to understand where their field is developing. 

Both teaching and research help develop insight into the field, refine communication skills, and draw on one’s ability to select and organize content in a meaningful way. They require similar skills and improvement and advancement in one feeds back into improvement and advancement in the other.

Dear all thank you for your opinion and relpy

The job profile of a tenure-track faculty member includes fulfilling research and service requirements alongside teaching, However there is a notion that University Professors are paid

• for the teaching portion of their work.
• exclusively for their work in the classroom.
• not the deserved compensation for their work

these affect their contribution to balance both.

http://www.michigandaily.com/article/research-difference-how-university-values-lecturers-professors-and-faculty

Dear all thank you so much for your opinion

The relative weightings of education and research differ by institution, with PhD-granting universities usually placing more emphasis on research. Research” encompasses a wide variety of activities of varying intensities and time commitments. Excellence in teaching and research are mutually exclusive, when we consider the similarities between the two endeavours. Presenting at conferences and fielding questions from the audience requires the same skills as lecturing. Designing an outstanding course outline and syllabus uses many of the same skills as putting together a literature review or grant proposal. Research program can also enrich teaching classes and curriculum content. Introduction both generic and subject-specific research skills and scholarly activities into course assignments, including literature review, experiment design, peer review, book review, conference paper presentation, and grant application will be useful for students who aspire a research career after post-graduation.

Dear YOGESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI 

thank you for your opinion

Dear Douglas R. Daugherty, Tiia Vissak,

Sometimes we impose teaching and research together by universities or educational institutions?

Where it is not our choice?

In some universities, there is either a teacher or a researcher where not combine the two?

In my university it's in principle possible to do only either one or the other, but most people do both at least to some extent.

Dear Raheam,

In answering your question I was concentrating on what was best for the student. I know that I/we must due both but from my perspective having been in education for the majority of my adult life (over 25 years) I still love/crave/and am grateful for the teacher-student relationship and all it entails. I do not want to give the wrong impression I do love the research also but as a teacher first and foremost that relationship drew me in as a 24 year old young man and is were I grew into a man (some however have doubts )and is still my first passion hopefully until the day I die and become recycled back intom other earth.

For me the,human connection and bonding both during school and my work with the youth in neighborhoods, justice system, social welfare, and elsewhere is and I guess always will be the voice I hear and follow.

This was in my heart as I wrote the answer I posted. I have the utmost respect for those who posted a different position and who find their personal order to be different or stated that professors should do both which is what is required unless circumstances allows one options. I was merely posting my personal preference.

I guess for me it always has been that look in the eye when an adolescent or a young adult finally understands X is when I feel the most alive (but on the golf course is a close second).

Thank you, Raheam for the question and facilitating a great thread!

Douglas 

Dear Douglas R. Daugherty

Thank you so much for your explication 

best regards

Dear Tiia Vissak

May be you have reason in your university one activity is sufficient?

But in other university obliged do the two activity, it is not our choice the system of university.

In my university, full professors have to do both teaching and research, but at lower levels (e.g. assistants) it is possible to specialize only in teaching or research, and at some other levels, it is possible to do mainly one of them: e.g. lecturers mainly teach while researchers mainly do research.

We learn more during research, when that learning is taught, it would lead to a powerful impact and urge to ponder more .

The best for a university professor is having the freedom to choose, either to teach only, or to do research - or even to combine them both. But freely, without administrative pushes.

Research influence teaching and vice versa, but the gulf between the two can at times seem large. Research can stimulate discussion, challenge assumptions, reaffirm convictions, and raise new questions. Doing research requires continued leaning and updating of knowledge which is vital for active teaching. As such a combination of both teaching and research is good for university teachers.

In my opinion the combination of both is best. Students need teachers who are also good scientists whose knowledge is not only in theory. And scientists need to meet with curious minds of students, need their fresh ideas, unexpected questions, need the challenges of teaching. But who is the teacher actually? I learn so many things from my students… Unfortunately, not all excellent researchers are also excellent teachers. But (at least in our field of biomedicine) the excellent teachers are also excellent researchers. And both -researchers and teachers should be open minded and noble people, they should be an example for young people.