Teaching as Scholarship

Authors

  • Shane Neely-Smith The College of The Bahamas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v11i0.45

Keywords:

Faculty workload, Faculty teaching, Faculty research

Abstract

As research and funding continue to replace teaching as the central mission in more colleges and universities, nursing faculty will be expected to engage in research endeavours as proof of scholarship involvement. However, the multiple roles of the nursing faculty coupled with the pressure to engage in research and funding endeavours have led to increased stress and burnout and increased attrition rate. The purpose of this paper is to delineate the expected roles of the nursing faculty related to the trilogy of teaching, research and service and recommend that colleges/universities recognize not only research as scholarship, but also teaching and service. An integrative review of the literature using books and journals from nursing and other relevant disciplines related to the multiple roles of nursing faculty was conducted. Teaching is a vital role and should remain the central mission of colleges/universities to ensure effective pedagogy. Institutions of higher learning should adapt an umbrella of scholarship under which falls teaching, research, and service; thus, teaching would be considered scholarship.

Author Biography

Shane Neely-Smith, The College of The Bahamas

Lecturer & Doctoral Student School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions The College of The Bahamas

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2008-02-28