Faculty Publications
Document Type
Conference
Publication Version
Full Published Version
Keywords
University of Northern Iowa; Education, Higher
Journal/Book/Conference Title
A University in Pursuit of Quality: The Future of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northern Iowa
First Page
100
Last Page
105
Abstract
Teaching always occurs in some cultural context, which may be more or less supportive of teaching. Arrowsmith (1967, p. 58) observed:
"What matters then is the kind of context that we create for teaching and the largeness of the demands made upon the teacher ... At present the universities are as uncongenial to teaching as the Mojave Desert to a clutch of Druid priests. If you want to restore a Druid priesthood, you cannot do it by offering prizes for Druid-of- the-year. If you want Druids, you must grow forests. There is no other way of setting about it."
We cannot be sure just which universities Arrowsmith had in mind, but recent studies have found that a large majority of faculty in research, doctoral, and comprehensive universities believe that teaching is undervalued in institutional rewards when compared with research (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1989; Gray, Froh, and Diamond, 1992).
Department
Department of Psychology
Original Publication Date
3-1996
Object Description
1 PDF File
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©1996 University of Nothern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Walsh, Linda, "Fostering a Culture of Teaching" (1996). Faculty Publications. 6033.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6033
Comments
First published in A University in Pursuit of Quality: The Future of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northern Iowa, (Mar 1996) published by the Center for Enhancement of Teaching, University of Northern Iowa.