Teaching Cultures Survey Report

A total of 21 international universities have taken part in the Teaching Cultures Survey by Ruth Graham supported by 4TU.CEE and international partners. The Teaching Cultures Survey report shows the overall conclusions based on 15.659 participating academics: (1) university teaching is undervalued, (2) education is not a priority topic in annual appraisals, and (3) support for change as two thirds would like university teaching to be very important, with high scores for the category of university leaders. Apart from the international coalition, all Dutch universities, VSNU, KNAW and NWO agreed to diversify career paths including new ways to give more weight to teaching in academic careers. Future runs of the survey will measure if culture and practise have changed.