http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2008/09/29/almost-no-correlation-between-scholarship-production-and-teaching-effectiveness/ A Vision and a Road Map Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2008/09/29/almost-no-correlation-between-scholarship-production-and-teaching-effectiveness/#comment-406 dmaranville Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:44:10 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.wordpress.com/?p=498#comment-406 A different perspective: some suggest that the skills needed for research and teaching are at odds, implying that the best teachers often aren't good scholars. Certainly we all know examples of the great teacher denied tenure. But this study seems to suggest that teaching and scholarship aren't at odds. A different perspective: some suggest that the skills needed for research and teaching are at odds, implying that the best teachers often aren’t good scholars. Certainly we all know examples of the great teacher denied tenure. But this study seems to suggest that teaching and scholarship aren’t at odds.

]]> http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2008/09/29/almost-no-correlation-between-scholarship-production-and-teaching-effectiveness/#comment-404 Dispelling the myths of lawyer education Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:13:22 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.wordpress.com/?p=498#comment-404 [...] Law Review Citation Counts, and Teaching Evaluations?” (HT this time to the TaxProf Blog, via Best Practices for Legal Education.) Barton’s comprehensive study calls into serious question law schools’ penchant for [...] [...] Law Review Citation Counts, and Teaching Evaluations?” (HT this time to the TaxProf Blog, via Best Practices for Legal Education.) Barton’s comprehensive study calls into serious question law schools’ penchant for [...]

]]> http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2008/09/29/almost-no-correlation-between-scholarship-production-and-teaching-effectiveness/#comment-382 Mary Lynch Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:59:36 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.wordpress.com/?p=498#comment-382 I agree! Scholarship pusuits and teaching effectiveness improvement should be "synergetic" not opposing efforts. However, if teaching is viewed as the "drudgery" - the "have to" in the job - and scholarship the only "true intellectual pursuit" then, I think, we get the results shown in this study. I agree! Scholarship pusuits and teaching effectiveness improvement should be “synergetic” not opposing efforts. However, if teaching is viewed as the “drudgery” – the “have to” in the job – and scholarship the only “true intellectual pursuit” then, I think, we get the results shown in this study.

]]> http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2008/09/29/almost-no-correlation-between-scholarship-production-and-teaching-effectiveness/#comment-380 Antoinette Sedillo Lopez Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:57:04 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.wordpress.com/?p=498#comment-380 HMMM...This is definitely counter intuitive. I definitely feel that when I am teaching in an area involving an area of my research that I am a much better teacher. I think the trick is to try to connect your teaching and scholarship so that they complement each other and one does not serve as a distraction to the other. HMMM…This is definitely counter intuitive. I definitely feel that when I am teaching in an area involving an area of my research that I am a much better teacher. I think the trick is to try to connect your teaching and scholarship so that they complement each other and one does not serve as a distraction to the other.

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