Enhancing the Research-Teaching Nexus: Building Teaching-Based Research from Research-Based Teaching

Lesley Willcoxson; Mark L Manning; Natasha Johnston; Katrina Gething

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Enhancing the Research-Teaching Nexus: Building Teaching-Based Research from Research-Based Teaching

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Enhancing the Research-Teaching Nexus: Building Teaching-Based Research from Research-Based Teaching

Lesley Willcoxson, Mark L Manning, Natasha Johnston and Katrina Gething

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vol.23(1), pp.1-10

2011

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Education Systems

Teaching/Learning

Research

Definitions and practical interpretations of the research-teaching nexus are various, but almost invariably the link between teaching and research lies in the direction of transferring research into teaching rather than vice versa. This transfer is achieved by using research to inform teaching and, less frequently, by engaging students in research. Usually these students are final year undergraduates and the research project is purpose-built to develop in students the desired course learning outcomes. This paper reports an alternative realisation of the teaching-research nexus. It presents a case study of teaching that was informed by research and engaged both first year and final year undergraduate students in research, using problem-based learning. Subsequently, the research undertaken by the students as part of their learning process directly informed development of a large, government-funded research project, thus completing an unusual two-way relationship in which research underpinned teaching and learning activity, and teaching and learning activity underpinned research.

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Title: Enhancing the Research-Teaching Nexus: Building Teaching-Based Research from Research-Based Teaching
Authors: Lesley Willcoxson (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Mark L Manning (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Business
Natasha Johnston (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Business
Katrina Gething (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Business
Publication details: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vol.23(1), pp.1-10
Publisher: International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (I S E T L)
Date published: 2011
ISSN: 1812-9129
Copyright note: Copyright © 2011 The Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.en_US) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450035702621
Output Type: Journal article

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