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Article: Cambodian lecturers’ pursuit of academic excellence: expectations vs. reality
Title | Cambodian lecturers’ pursuit of academic excellence: expectations vs. reality |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Academic excellence academic profession Cambodia higher education |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02188791.asp |
Citation | Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2019, v. 39 n. 2, p. 222-236 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The academic profession in Cambodia has been under growing pressure to pursue excellence in higher education. Nonetheless, various interpretations of what constitutes excellence persist across the public and private sectors, as lecturers follow disparate goals in teaching and research at various jobs and institutions. For many, the diversity of perspectives creates ambiguity and unclear directions for translating academic excellence into quality contribution to social development in the country. This paper illustrates how multiple interpretations and concerns create challenges, inhibiting progress of the Cambodian academic profession and society at large. Qualitative data from national policy papers, personal observations, focus group and expert interviews, were engaged to shed light on the intricacies of competing priorities, and the deficiencies of institutional and systemic support for the scholarly aspirations of the local faculty. The findings in this paper indicate that the lecturers’ limited capacity for intellectually-stimulating scholarship is often coupled with their own hesitation about committing themselves to inquiry-oriented academic work. This study argues that policies on advancing academic excellence can be effective only when the quest for excellence in service is well-matched with enhanced quality of intellectual engagement. © 2019, © 2019 National Institute of Education, Singapore. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/275769 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.697 |
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dc.contributor.author | Oleksiyenko, PA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ros, V | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-10T02:49:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-10T02:49:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2019, v. 39 n. 2, p. 222-236 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0218-8791 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/275769 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The academic profession in Cambodia has been under growing pressure to pursue excellence in higher education. Nonetheless, various interpretations of what constitutes excellence persist across the public and private sectors, as lecturers follow disparate goals in teaching and research at various jobs and institutions. For many, the diversity of perspectives creates ambiguity and unclear directions for translating academic excellence into quality contribution to social development in the country. This paper illustrates how multiple interpretations and concerns create challenges, inhibiting progress of the Cambodian academic profession and society at large. Qualitative data from national policy papers, personal observations, focus group and expert interviews, were engaged to shed light on the intricacies of competing priorities, and the deficiencies of institutional and systemic support for the scholarly aspirations of the local faculty. The findings in this paper indicate that the lecturers’ limited capacity for intellectually-stimulating scholarship is often coupled with their own hesitation about committing themselves to inquiry-oriented academic work. This study argues that policies on advancing academic excellence can be effective only when the quest for excellence in service is well-matched with enhanced quality of intellectual engagement. © 2019, © 2019 National Institute of Education, Singapore. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02188791.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Asia Pacific Journal of Education | - |
dc.rights | Preprint: This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. Postprint: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. | - |
dc.subject | Academic excellence | - |
dc.subject | academic profession | - |
dc.subject | Cambodia | - |
dc.subject | higher education | - |
dc.title | Cambodian lecturers’ pursuit of academic excellence: expectations vs. reality | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Oleksiyenko, PA: paoleks@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Oleksiyenko, PA=rp00945 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/02188791.2019.1621797 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85068740732 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 303019 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 39 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 222 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 236 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000474605700006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1742-6855 | - |