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Is Research Mandatory for Teaching Undergraduate Chemistry?


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1 Department of Chemistry, V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mithagar Road, Mulund (East), Mumbai 400 081, India
2 Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mumbai 400 088,, India
3 Department of Chemistry, V.K. Krishna Menon College of Science and Commerce, Bhandup, Mumbai 400 042, India
 

In the Sixth Pay Commission, considerable weightage has been given to research component in calculation of the academic performance index of a teacher. How feasible is it for an undergraduate (UG) chemistry teacher to do quality research with the existing workload and infrastructure prevalent in colleges? Is the quality of teaching chemistry in UG colleges improve by doing research? These are a few questions which will be addressed in this note. Plausible suggestions to strike a balance between teaching and research are also highlighted.
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Lakshmy Ravishankar
Department of Chemistry, V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mithagar Road, Mulund (East), Mumbai 400 081, India
Savita Ladage
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mumbai 400 088,, India
Gomathi Shridhar
Department of Chemistry, V.K. Krishna Menon College of Science and Commerce, Bhandup, Mumbai 400 042, India

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In the Sixth Pay Commission, considerable weightage has been given to research component in calculation of the academic performance index of a teacher. How feasible is it for an undergraduate (UG) chemistry teacher to do quality research with the existing workload and infrastructure prevalent in colleges? Is the quality of teaching chemistry in UG colleges improve by doing research? These are a few questions which will be addressed in this note. Plausible suggestions to strike a balance between teaching and research are also highlighted.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi6%2F972-973