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Educators in universities need to be researchers rather than priests of cargo cults

Burnapp, D. (2011) Educators in universities need to be researchers rather than priests of cargo cults. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 3, pp. 1-7. 1759-667X.

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Abstract: The concept of cargo cults, although hotly disputed, was originally conceived to describe the results of interfacing cultures with very different technologies and methods of production. The concept has previously been used to describe in a figurative manner a distinction between science and pseudoscience, the latter being typified by not following a method of scientific integrity, including scrutiny of claims. Here the analogy is adapted to justify a claim that teachers at universities need to be actively involved in research in order to demonstrate to their students that the knowledge which is expected, accepted, and respected in universities is subject to constant debate, is often ambiguous, and is never completed
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cargo cult; research; epistemology; pseudoscience; internationalisation of higher education
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2376 International education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education > LB2331.7 Teaching personnel
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1028 Educational research
Creators: Burnapp, Dave
Publisher: Association for Learning Development in Higher Education
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Business & Law > Leisure Management and Languages
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > China and Emerging Economies Centre
Research Centres > China and Emerging Economies Centre
Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Events, Tourism & Hospitality
Date: March 2011
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 1-7
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Volume: 3
Language: English
ISSN: 1759-667X
Status: Published / Disseminated
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URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/3894

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