Research Activity and Research Culture in Academic Teachers' Colleges in Israel

Shamai, Shmuel; Kfir, Drora

doi:10.1080/135625102760553900

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“…Support for this contention can be found in Shamai and Kfir's (2002) conclusion that the dominant culture of Israeli teacher education colleges is not a culture of research. Although there has been some progress since their study, the teaching workload remains relatively heavy, research resources are scarce and college research policies are not well defined.…”

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confidence: 72%

Predictors of Teacher Educators' Research Productivity

Alhija¹,

Majdob²

2017

AJTE

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Predictors of Teacher Educators' Research Productivity

Alhija¹,

Majdob²

2017

AJTE

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“…Research skills for teaching staff are becoming imperative, particularly for obtaining designated positions in competitive markets, and in order to secure research grants (Tracey et al, 1995). Aside research staff, teaching staff can be potential contributors to scientific research and development through participation in different commercially oriented research (Martin, 1997;Shamai and Kfir, 2002). It is noted in this study that less than half of the respondents (44%) reported scholarly research publications as a means to improve the relationship with and gain respect from scientific community, as well as recuperating their writing and research skills.…”

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confidence: 99%

Attitudes, Perceptions, and Barriers to Research and Publishing Among Research and Teaching Staff in a Nigerian Research Institute

Okoduwa

Abe

Samuel

et al. 2018

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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The economic development of any nation is centered on research. Unfortunately, research activities had suffered serious setbacks in tertiary research institutions in Nigeria. This study explores the attitudes, perceptions, and barriers to research and publishing among academic staff in the Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, (NILEST) Zaria, Nigeria. A structured self-administered questionnaire was distributed among 130 research and teaching staff at the various Directorates in NILEST. Data are presented in frequencies and percentages for questionnaire responses. Exactly 94% of the questionnaires were validated for the study, which included 81% males and 19% females. The participants were researchers (26%), lecturers (31%), technologists (20%), and instructors (22%). The majority of participants agreed that research is important for the institute (91%). A total of 81% believed that conducting research should be made mandatory for all academic staff. Only 44% self-reported to be part of ongoing research. Some of the obstacles reported to have prevented research activities included a lack of funding (72%), lack of professional mentorship (84%), and inadequate research facilities (89%). Participants without a single published paper constituted 57%. Some of the reasons given for not having any published papers were "no writing experience (96%), high publishing fee (80%), and long waiting period for peer review (97%)." The suggestions to improve research status by respondents included "provision of research grants/funds (93%), provision of Internet facilities (95%), mandatory publication (26%), and appropriate mentorship (34%)." The majority of the respondents believed that research is relevant; only a few were engaged in active research and published articles as evidence for it. It is, therefore, recommended that policymakers should devise strategies to focus on active research activities in order to achieve the desired research mandates and goals of institutions contributing to the development of the nation's economy.

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“…Research skills for teaching staff are becoming imperative, particularly for obtaining designated positions in competitive markets, and in order to secure research grants [41]. Aside research staff, teaching staff can be potential contributors to scientific research and development through participation in different commercially oriented research [42,43]. It is noted in this study that less than half of the respondents (43.44%) reported scholarly research publications as a means to improve the relationship with and gain respect from scientific community, as well as recuperating their writing and research skills.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%