从教学与研究之关系看研究型大学本科教学的特点

Abstract

本文采取质的研究方法,以两所研究型大学为个案,以访谈、课堂观察等为主要的资料来源渠道,对研究型大学教师的教学责任观进行探究,分析了教师对教学与研究关系的看法。研究发现:1)对教学活动和科研活动进行严格的定性很难,并且不利于教师教学责任的履行;2)目前研究型大学教学的学术性特征有所体现,大部分教师承认教学与科研可以相互促进,但在实践中仍有障碍;3)教学与科研相融合的程度可能受到学科性质、教学目的等影响,因此学校在实施本科教学改革时应着眼于教师的学术责任整体,并充分考虑学科差异。

This study is a qualitative inquiry into university teachers' views on their teaching responsibility,with the relationship between research and teaching providing the main context of analysis.Thirty-four teachers from two sample universities were interviewed and their lessons observed.From the research findings that emerge,this study offers the following observations: 1) the participants found it difficult to provide clear demarcation between teaching and research activities as such demarcation would undermine integration of the two areas of work;2) most of the participants viewed research and teaching as mutually supportive,but they also found it challenging to integrate research and teaching in their work;and 3) the integration of teaching and research was mediated by factors such as the nature of academic discipline and educational objectives.Therefore,there is a need to adopt a holistic approach to define university teachers' academic duty and to fully consider the impact of disciplinary differences in the implementation of undergraduate teaching reform.