Synergy between Faculty Research and Undergraduate Teaching

Lecturers either use their research experience in their undergraduate teaching, or otherwise. Students tend to benefit as they are more aware, more inquisitive, more able and more research-oriented when they graduate. Such students will more likely pursue research at the same university or elsewhere in the near future. When there is no mention of research when teaching undergraduates, students will not know and not have any idea about research. They remain unaware and oblivious to research methodologies and activities. The teaching approach needs to change if students are to graduate with more research-conscious minds and pursue research later.

The best teaching method is inductive teaching. It can be achieved by 3 teaching approaches

       Inductive teaching:

1. - inquiry-based learning
2. - problem-based learning (PBL)
3. - project-based learning

Inquiry-based approach to teaching is best because when students are challenged with a project or subject, to learn they will be more enthusiastic to complete the project as well as to learn from it,

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
(later called the Boyer Foundation after Ernest L Boyer, its president)

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
- focuses on the synergy between faculty research and undergraduate teaching

Research
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Teaching-Research(JEE).pdf

Purpose of teaching
http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Info-For-Authors/Instructions-for-PiM