In the new world of work, which heralds machines doing routine tasks and people solving problems, learning the how without the why is not enough. In other words, inquiry and evaluation must be integral to all tertiary teaching and learning. This is precisely the time not to break the teaching-research nexus. Good teachers are scholars.
This is a quotation from Francesca’s response to the Productivity Commission’s five-year review, Shifting the Dial. Read the full article in Pearls and Irritations.