28 July 2000 Visiting US academic to speak on current scholarship issues

Current educational debate on the ‘scholarship of teaching’ as distinct from ‘scholarly teaching’ will be highlighted at Lincoln University this week in an address by visiting American teaching academic Dr Charles Glassick.

The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Visiting Scholar for 2000, Dr Glassick is a Senior Associate of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

"In recent times there has been an emphasis on the definition of the 'scholarship of teaching' and a recognition of the difference between scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching," he says.

"Both are important and both can be rewarded, but differences must be kept clear.

"The 'scholarship of engagement' is also playing an important role in many universities, but definitions and documentation of quality are difficult."

Dr Glassick's present role includes speaking worldwide on ‘Scholarship Reconsidered’ and ‘Scholarship Assessed’.

He speaks at Lincoln University in the Oak Room at 10.40am on Monday 31 July. The following day he is at the University of Canterbury speaking on ‘Reinventing Undergraduate Education’.

In the United States Dr Glassick was an award-wining teacher and later became President of Gettysburg College. He was named "one of the nation's most outstanding college presidents".

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand