Abstract
A quarter of a century has passed since Professor Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape then and has continued to do so through a variety of research league-table games. His powerful and enduring argument for a broader approach to academic roles and rewards within universities continues to be important as higher education providers balance the varying expectations of their role in society. This paper is more an examination of the provenance of the Boyer model than a review of the book.
Highlights
Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate by Ernest L
The purpose of this review is to outline how the Boyer model of scholarship can permeate an academy which is focused on the quality of learning (Table 1)
Boyer proposed an expanded definition of “scholarship” within teaching based on four functions that underlie quality teaching and assessment
Summary
Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate by Ernest L. Chapter 3: “The Influence of Scholarship Reconsidered on Institutional Types and Academic Disciplines by John M Braxton:. The topic is timely because we work in an era of obsession with world university rankings which affect international comparisons but influence national goals such as ERA in Australia (Excellence in Research for Australia). These have dubious validity and reliability and depend to a large extent on being able to play the game, a game which has seen a decline in the value of expository writing and curiosity-diven research [4;5;6]. The issue is further complicated in graduate research degrees with varying or no coursework components [7]
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