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Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Intellectual Capital

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Karen Smits et al.<br />

Table 1: Correlati<strong>on</strong> between pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al development and curriculum innovati<strong>on</strong> has resulted in<br />

nine categories <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ideal research and educati<strong>on</strong> projects<br />

<br />

Curriculum innovati<strong>on</strong><br />

Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

development <br />

His/her own pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

development<br />

Also ensures <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> support<br />

am<strong>on</strong>gst colleagues<br />

Actively c<strong>on</strong>tributes to<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs<br />

Experiment Is part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> curriculum<br />

but not yet embedded<br />

Case IV<br />

Case XV<br />

Case II<br />

Case VI<br />

Case XIII<br />

Embedded in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

curriculum<br />

Case III Case V<br />

Case I<br />

Case XIV<br />

Case X<br />

Case XII<br />

Case VIII<br />

Case IX<br />

Case VII<br />

Case XI<br />

Case XVI<br />

If we c<strong>on</strong>sider <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> present situati<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future scenario which <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interviewees sketched in some<br />

situati<strong>on</strong>s, we see that many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lecturers involved in research who were interviewed were keen to<br />

shift from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> top-left box (his/her own pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al development in relati<strong>on</strong> to experimental educati<strong>on</strong>)<br />

to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> bottom-right box (embedded curriculum innovati<strong>on</strong> with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tributing to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs).<br />

4.4 Key factors in pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al development and curriculum innovati<strong>on</strong><br />

From <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sixteen narratives, many factors emerged which may make a c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

development or curriculum innovati<strong>on</strong>. We can deduce from this that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are several key c<strong>on</strong>cepts<br />

which are referred to by interviewees as key factors.<br />

For instance, choosing a socially relevant topic seems to be important, according to various<br />

interviewees.<br />

Multidisciplinary cooperati<strong>on</strong> may also be regarded as a factor which results in pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

development and curriculum innovati<strong>on</strong>. The resp<strong>on</strong>dents frequently stated that by cooperating with<br />

numerous disciplines <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y developed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mselves, students became more motivated and learned<br />

more, and better results were achieved in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> projects.<br />

In additi<strong>on</strong>, an inspiring pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor was <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>siderable importance, particularly if <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor<br />

regarded <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship with educati<strong>on</strong> as important and stimulated this.<br />

A number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> interviewees referred to a culture in which <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> results were not immediately<br />

circumscribed as very important. Resp<strong>on</strong>dents stated that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y learnt a lot from projects which ran<br />

aground. The characteristic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> projects which acquired a fixed place in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> curriculum was that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten did not appear at all promising at an earlier stage.<br />

A striking feature is that most interviewees fulfil a so-called 'linking-pin' functi<strong>on</strong> between research and<br />

educati<strong>on</strong> because <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y were involved in both teaching and research. This appeared to be successful,<br />

in particular, in those situati<strong>on</strong>s where <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lecturer involved in research could involve students whom<br />

he or she was teaching in his or her own applied research. A characteristic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interviewees was<br />

that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y were intrinsically motivated to do research and held views with regard to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al practice and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> positi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir discipline within this. In additi<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y had opini<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir own <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> way in which students should be involved in this and how <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y should acquire <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

attitude to research which <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lecturer felt was necessary. They stated that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y wished to teach<br />

students not to look for soluti<strong>on</strong>s too quickly or to apply tools, but first to take time to c<strong>on</strong>sider <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

problem in its natural envir<strong>on</strong>ment, in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> field, with a critical but open attitude (thinking 'out-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>box').<br />

Many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interviewees attempt to inspire students and colleagues by setting an example.<br />

Having or acquiring a large business network also appears to be important. As a result, students can<br />

be involved more easily in applied assignments and guest lectures can be organised which are<br />

mutually inspiring.<br />

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