Hi Peter,
I think you are referring to the below project:
http://www.cetl.hku.hk/research-teaching-relationship
I am not sure if a final report of this project has been published, but at least now we have the details of it :-)
Best wishes
Panos
Dr Panos Vlachopoulos
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Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice
Aston University
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From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Hartley
Sent: 18 February 2011 10:29
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Subject: Re: PhDs and Learning & Teaching
If only a tiny minority do not have PhDs then how can you establish a link?
Work by Mike Prosser is relevant here. Some years ago he gave a presentation where he suggested that there is no direct linear relationship between quality of teaching and research expertise. His data suggested that some of us are good at both, some are good at one and not so good at the other, and - alas - some of us are not much good at either. Has anyone got the reference to this study?
Peter
On 18 Feb 2011, at 09:58, Probyn, Paul wrote:
> Given the recent discussion on this forum about the possible use of the
> proportion of staff who are operating at UKPSF standard 2 or equivalent
> as a PI in the information to be provided to prospective students, it
> was interesting to read in this week's Times Higher the comments of the
> Director General of the Russell Group:
> "The vast majority of our academics have doctorates......academics
> without a doctorate would be very much in a tiny minority. This has
> been the case at Russell Group universities for many years. Providing a
> first-class teaching and learning experience is vitally important to our
> universities."
> I'm aware of the considerable research conducted into research-informed
> teaching, however defined, but this is the first time I have seen the
> research-led universities proposing that the quality of teaching and
> learning is directly correlated with the proportion of staff holding a
> PhD. Is anyone aware of any research that underpins this contention?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul Probyn
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