Profissão acadêmica e scholarship da docência universitária: os múltiplos papéis do professor universitário

Abstract

The recognition of teaching work quality in activities not directly related to research and the growing society requirement for a more relevant contribution of the university to the solution of its urgent problems led to the search for overcoming the traditional understanding of scholarship. In this paper we present first the classical understanding of scholarship and the expansion proposals of its concept presented by some specialists. Then we analyze the concept of scholarship of teaching and its basic components, that is, the scholarship of discovery, integration, application and teaching. Finally, we focus on some proposals and initiatives introduced by universities for consolidating the scholarship of teaching.

Keywords

Academic profession; scholarship of teaching; university professor; university teaching; academic work