3. Scholarship & Scholarly Activity
Scholarship: erudition,
extensive assimilated
learning, being an
authority in a field of
learning.
Scholarly activity: the
process of achieving,
maintaining and fostering
extensive learning, and of
widening awareness of its
value in specific contexts.
4. Some scholarly activities
Updating subject knowledge Attending a research seminar
Developing teaching skillsAttending a teaching conference
Giving a seminar to colleagues Preparing a poster for a
conference Speaking at a teaching conference Writing for a
professional journal Active membership of a professional body
Study for a further qualification/for additional skills Devising a
new approach to teaching Applying for a HEA teaching
development grant Writing a textbook review Reviewing a
research articleWriting a textbook Being an editor of a
professional journal Submitting a paper to a research journal
Applying for research funds Promoting subject via the media
Presenting aTV programme/series Raising the public profile of a
subject through writing Organising a conference
5. And some‘research’activities
Updating subject knowledge Attending a research seminar
Developing teaching skillsAttending a teaching conference
Giving a seminar to colleagues Preparing a poster for a
conference Speaking at a teaching conference Writing for a
professional journal Active membership of a professional body
Study for a further qualification/for additional skills Devising a
new approach to teaching Applying for a HEA teaching
development grant Writing a textbook review Reviewing a
research article Writing a textbook Being an editor of a
professional journal Submitting a paper to a research journal
Applying for research funds Promoting subject via the media
Presenting aTV programme/series Raising the public profile of a
subject through writing Shaping subject teaching internationally
6. Some concrete products of
scholarly activity
Better teaching evaluations
Seminars for colleagues
Poster/presentation at a conference
Book/article review
Issues/Journals produced as an editor
Professional/academic articles/books/software
Income (e.g. HEA)
Further qualifications
Radio/TV programme/series
Contributions as a member of committees
Contributions made as a consultant
Prizes and awards for teaching/books/supervision
9. Less tangible products
Raising the profile of
subject/department/University publicly
Increased personal motivation/interest/vigour
in teaching
Enhanced respect
Public recognition/esteem
Evidence to argue for promotion
10. Making a difference: evidence
of impact
Evidence of better/effective/efficient
teaching/enhanced student achievement
Evidence that others use your ideas
Evidence of engagement with your ideas (e.g.
book sales, reference to your approach)
Evidence of effectively promoting your subject
Evidence of changes in policy/organisation/
content/perceptions/value due to you
These may be local, national, international
11.
12. Scholarly activity
Scholarly activity is wide ranging
Engaged in to the full, it produces scholars and
scholarship
Scholarship has the potential to promote the
University and its scholars
Where it is ignored:
It is a missed opportunity for promotion of the
institution/faculty/department
It risks a narrower and, I believe, poorer
intellectual ethos.
14. To conclude
Where scholarly activity has a narrow
interpretation, scholarly activity and
scholarship may not be understood.
In which case, scholarship may be
interpreted narrowly as dabbling in
research.
Some may need to be enlightened.
Some may need to be enlightened more
than once.
Notas del editor
Scholarly activity and scholarship are terms increasingly used in connection with teaching fellows’ work. They stem from concerns about parity of esteem, respect, promotion prospects, probationary agreements, annual staff reviews …
Explicitly mentioning scholarship and scholarly activity makes the equation between Teaching Fellow and Lecturer look like this
But what is scholarship and scholarly activity.
Invitation to write for a leading, professional journal in Israel – not knowledge of Hebrew but …Sam Nolan’s Pre-Arrival Portal to help students be better prepared for their change to university lifeTaking up an invitation from Google to be an on-line tutor
Sam Nolan and on-line learning support through ‘practical’ investigation in science. Simon Reece and an article about the terracotta warriors and, in particular, about the chemical distinction between different sets of arrow heads.
Promoting their subjects – raising public awareness (and undergraduate applications) The late Mick Aston - archaeologyDavid Bellamy – botany and ecologyMartin Richardson (Senior Fellow) – Educational Studies via Harry Potter
In short, parity of esteem points to a combined view of teaching fellows and lecturers
There is a need to reject narrow views of lecturing and to promote a view of the teaching fellows work which is richer, adding to the prestige of a Department and to the esteem in which a University is held.