The present paper investigated the concept of scholarship in viewpoint of several faculty members of different disciplines. A consequential mixed approach was adopted for this research. The first part of the research, following an explorative objective, employed phenomenological method and interviews were conducted with 30 faculty members who taught and researched in different disciplines. In the next step, in order to generalize the results, the research was conducted by employing descriptive-survey method with a sample of 120 faculty members. The tools used for this research included semi-structured interviews and a researcher-made questionnaire on the basis of qualitative results. The results of the qualitative section demonstrated that the experience of faculty members could be categorized into five patterns: research as a professional responsibility, artistic work, journey to the unknown, puzzle and judgment. The researchers also extracted five components from the quantitative data all of which were almost equivalent to the concepts of the qualitative section: discovery of the truth, information gathering, problem solving, reinvestigation and misconception of research. The patterns and components enumerated based on the concept of scholarship in the present study provide a method for the understanding of the problems or lack of completion of courses or research programs due to the incompatibility of the concepts and perceptions of professors and student. Since any pattern contains a different kind of orientation related to the research product, the framework of the present study provides a useful tool regarding issues related to the study of research performance of faculty members. The applied implications given in this research offer a foundation for the understanding of some of the phenomena related to research in the higher education system that have not been understood properly till date.
Shirbagi, N., Nemati, S., & Saedi, R. (2019). The Understanding of the Concept of Scholarship in Viewpoint of Faculty Members. Strategy for Culture, 12(45), 29-60. doi: 10.22034/jsfc.2019.95594
MLA
Naser Shirbagi; Somayeh Nemati; Rasoul Saedi. "The Understanding of the Concept of Scholarship in Viewpoint of Faculty Members". Strategy for Culture, 12, 45, 2019, 29-60. doi: 10.22034/jsfc.2019.95594
HARVARD
Shirbagi, N., Nemati, S., Saedi, R. (2019). 'The Understanding of the Concept of Scholarship in Viewpoint of Faculty Members', Strategy for Culture, 12(45), pp. 29-60. doi: 10.22034/jsfc.2019.95594
VANCOUVER
Shirbagi, N., Nemati, S., Saedi, R. The Understanding of the Concept of Scholarship in Viewpoint of Faculty Members. Strategy for Culture, 2019; 12(45): 29-60. doi: 10.22034/jsfc.2019.95594
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