Description
Many of us care about teaching. We invest in developing good courses, staying up to date with innovative teaching methods, and redesigning course materials to reflect new developments and outcomes of scholarly research. But what role does (good) teaching play in advancing political scientist’s academic career? How can we take teaching seriously, and still ensure there is enough time for research and publishing? How can we care seiously about our students, while not carrying the burden of constant overtime?In this Roundtable, we bring together a mix of early-career, mid-career, and established academics from different national higher education backgrounds (ensuring good gender, experience and geography background) to discuss the role teaching could (and should) play in our academic self-understanding. We want to discuss the increasing trend to distinguish between research and teaching job profiles, and how to react to higher education systems, where university administrations talk about the importance of teaching, but then hire according to publication records. We also want to reflect on the responsibility of our community in these trends.
The Roundtable's aim is not to come up with definite answers to those questions, but to provide a platform for those questions that many of us are struggling with. We want to raise awareness of the different positions, strategies and trajectories that successful academics choose. And we want to show our colleagues' differing experiences and views by providing a platform to a variety of speakers who, throughout their careers, have demonstrated that they are excellent scientists who care also about teaching.
| Period | 23 Aug 2018 |
|---|---|
| Event title | European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Hamburg 2018 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Hamburg, GermanyShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Learning and Teaching
- political science
