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Developing Research in Dental Education

Developing Research in Dental Education. Nikos Mattheos Centre for Educational Research and Technology in Oral Health Malmö University. Developing Research in Dental Education. Research. Dentistry. Education. Research is about decision making.

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Developing Research in Dental Education

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  1. Developing Research in Dental Education Nikos MattheosCentre for Educational Research and Technology in Oral HealthMalmö University ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  2. Developing Research in Dental Education Research Dentistry Education ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  3. Research is about decision making ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  4. Research is the critical factor to point the direction planning teaching administration learning assessment ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  5. - Emergence of new expectations: “Universities must cater for new needs in education and training which stem from the knowledge based economy and society”. - Reorganisation of knowledge: “move beyond traditional teaching strategies and educational systems” The role of universities in the Europe of knowledge: source: http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c11067.htm ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  6. Evidence Based Dentistry Well informed decisions ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  7. “ doceo - docui – doctum” to instruct, to teach doctor teacher ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  8. Educational Research: - Not enough data? - Not valid enough ? Attitudes - Not enough emphasis on education?- Learning is …different ? ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  9. Educational Research: Not enough data? Fora - IADR, Educational Division - FDI, Educators programme - ADEE - Dented, Dented Evolves Journals - Eur J Dent Educ - J Dent Educ - Med Educ - Acad Med - Med Teach - Teach Learn Med - ... .. . ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  10. Prof. D. Hargreaves, 1996: Educational Research: Not good enough ? ” [...] Much of the educational research does not make a serious contribution to fundamental theory or knowledge, is irrelevant to practice, is uncoordinated with any preceding and follow up researh” [...] Lines of research are abandoned when there is a change in fashion rather than because problems have been solved”. source: Teaching as a Research Based Profession, Hargreaves D., (lecture at TTA) UK, 1996 ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  11. Educational Research: Not good enough ? Tooley and Darby, 1998: ” [...] Finally, there were no examples of replication of research found. There were only rare examples of critical challenges to earlier work. The picture emerged of researchers doing their research largely in a vacuum, unnoticed and unheeded [...]”. ”[...] The problem is not the quality of educational research, but its isolation”. source: Educational Research, a critique. Tooley J, Darby D. OFSTED 1998, UK. ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  12. Educational Research: Not good enough ? • less cummulative, less coordinated • - carried out by non-practicioners • affected by ”fashions” • contributes little to practice source: Teaching as a Research Based Profession, Hargreaves D., (lecture at TTA) UK, 1996 ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  13. + - pragmatic, practice relevant - carried out by practicioners - - lower interrelation - fewer collaboration - ”uncalibrated” efforts Educational Research: Not good enough ? Research on Dental Education: - weaker meta-research ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  14. Educational Research: Not good enough ? meta-research: • - systematic reviews • research evaluation consortia • best practices - guidelines ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  15. Educational Research: Not good enough ? meta-research difficulties: • low interrelation makes it difficult to draw valid conclusions • much of the meta-research is conducted by individual, appointed researchers. • ”Not Invented Here” syndrome. ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

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  18. Educational Research: Learning is …different ? well studied doctor charismatic teacher …science of healing …art of teaching ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  19. Educational Research: Learning is …different ? Learning is also a biological process !!! ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  20. ”There is a reason for everything”. ...”If you can’t find a reason for something, there is a reason for that”. Chris Levi, Caribbean poet ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  21. Learning as a biological process Learning - Inflammation - resources - callibration - collaboration - organisation of knowledge ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  22. Human genome project: identifying 30.000 genes in human DNA • - 1990 - 2005 • many international multidisciplinary centres • thousands involved • - goal oriented callibration • - loose coordination ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  23. “We know much more on how to improve diapers, than how to improve the use of our brain”. Marc Prensky, American researcher ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  24. Developing Strategies in Dental Education Keywords: - active collaboration - greater interrelation - emphasis on meta research - wider dissemination ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  25. Ernest Boyer, 1997: Developing Strategies in Dental Education • scholarship of discovery • scholarship of integration • scholarship of application • scholarship of teaching ” [...] What we urgently need today is a more inclusive view of what it means to be a scholar – a recognition that knowledge is aquired through research, synthesis, practice and teaching”. source: Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. EL Boyer. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement for Teaching, 1997. ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  26. Larger emphasis in the scholarship of teaching • pedagogic merit for academic development • comprehension of educational research as part of any academic degree • wider dissemination and use of educational research within academics ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  27. move from researchproject to researchenvironment ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  28. research project group: • - incidental character • - often based on personal enthusiasm • involvement lives as long as the project • gained precious experience is lost ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  29. research environment: • - standing, long term structures • different roles and different levels of involvement • access to different expertise • strategic planning, executing research • interpretation of results into practice within the environment, consultation ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  30. …Virtual research environment Bern Copenhagen Milano Malmö • PhD students • supervisors • researchers • expertise: • education • behavioural science • IT & programming • 2 MSc Thesis • 2 dissertations • 20 publications • 4 major funded projects Härnosand Lund Notre Dame ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  31. C E X ! ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  32. Centre of Excellence: • Institution or network which can document within a specific field : • extraordinary competence • long term engagement • potential significant contribution towards future developments ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  33. Centres of Excellence: Increasing Universities’ excellence in research and teaching: ”This communication calls on European universities to identify the areas in which different universities have attained, or can reasonably be expected to attain, the excellence judged to be essential at European or International level, in order to concertrate funding on them to support academic research”. source: http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c11067.htm ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  34. Higher Education Funding Council for England Centres for Excellence in teaching and learning: - invitation to bid for funds. January 2004 • 315 million £ for 5 years • approximattely 70 Cex • collaborative Cex encouraged source: http://hefce.ac.uk ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  35. The research Network ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  36. The Consortium • strategic planning • meta research – dissemination • guidelines - best practices ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  37. strategic planning • prioritising areas of interest • meta research • guidelines, best practices • planning and execution • of original researh projects • -training of researchers • interpretation of research results • to the local needs, consultation • planning collaborations • project coordination • sharing expertise • good comprehension • of educational researh • some participation • in relevant projects consortium research network research environment tentative academic staff ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  38. assessment ? ? learner teacher ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  39. Research in Dental Education is … ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  40. … a necessity Halton Getty, 1960 ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  41. …of large potential ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  42. …Credible ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  43. …absolutely compatible with clinical dentistry ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  44. …Exciting ...a few cm north of the mouth! ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

  45. Thank You ! nikolaos.mattheos@od.mah.se ADEE Cardiff Nikos Mattheos

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