The background and experience of neuroscience teachers in Australian universities: A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: Neuroscience is an academic discipline taught within a broad range of university degrees and programs. The expertise and experience of neuroscience teaching staff contribute to the student's learning experience and knowledge acquisition. We undertook a survey to characterize the neuroscience teaching workforce and practices in Australian universities, and to investigate access to and deficiencies in neuroscience teaching resources and training. Two hundred neuroscience teaching staff completed our anonymous online survey. The responses indicated that neuroscience is primarily being delivered by highly qualified (86% with doctoral degrees, 27% with formal qualifications in tertiary teaching), research-active (45% were recently primary supervisors of research students) teaching academics wit

SUBMITTER: Todd G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446455 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature