TY - JOUR
T1 - Research to improve specialist knowledge
T2 - An HE in FE perspective
AU - Feather, Denis
PY - 2014/7/7
Y1 - 2014/7/7
N2 - The purpose of this study was to establish if lecturers in further education colleges (FECs) delivering higher education business courses (HEBCs) undertook research to improve specialist knowledge. A critical analysis of the literature was undertaken, providing an overview of what is understood by the term 'research'. Lecturers in FECs were then asked if they undertook research to improve their specialist knowledge. The primary research comprised the narratives of 26 lecturers, geographically dispersed across the Yorkshire and Humber region in the United Kingdom. Barriers to undertaking research identified from the narratives were those of time, bureaucracy, and heavy workloads. The findings showed that for some lecturers, research is viewed as bipolar - that is, research to keep abreast of the subject(s) they delivered, or research to provide new knowledge. Further, that some lecturers had a laissez-faire approach to their subject area and the acquiring of new knowledge, instead practising what one lecturer coined as 'reading to teach'.
AB - The purpose of this study was to establish if lecturers in further education colleges (FECs) delivering higher education business courses (HEBCs) undertook research to improve specialist knowledge. A critical analysis of the literature was undertaken, providing an overview of what is understood by the term 'research'. Lecturers in FECs were then asked if they undertook research to improve their specialist knowledge. The primary research comprised the narratives of 26 lecturers, geographically dispersed across the Yorkshire and Humber region in the United Kingdom. Barriers to undertaking research identified from the narratives were those of time, bureaucracy, and heavy workloads. The findings showed that for some lecturers, research is viewed as bipolar - that is, research to keep abreast of the subject(s) they delivered, or research to provide new knowledge. Further, that some lecturers had a laissez-faire approach to their subject area and the acquiring of new knowledge, instead practising what one lecturer coined as 'reading to teach'.
KW - academic
KW - further education
KW - knowledge
KW - research
KW - specialist
KW - subject specialism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903986966&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13596748.2014.920583
DO - 10.1080/13596748.2014.920583
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84903986966
VL - 19
SP - 310
EP - 322
JO - Research in Post-Compulsory Education
JF - Research in Post-Compulsory Education
SN - 1359-6748
IS - 3
ER -