Track: Engineering Education

Abstract

Aezeden Mohamed

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, Canada St. John’s. amohamed@mun.ca

Mechanical Engineering Department, PNG University of Technology, Lae, MP 411

Papua New Guinea. aezeden.mohamed@pnguot.ac.pg

John Pumwa

Mechanical Engineering Department, PNG University of Technology, Lae, MP 411

Papua New Guinea, john.pumwa@pnguot.ac.pg

Abstract

Achieving a career development as a university faculty member is dependent on having a vibrant thoughtful of how to combine the activities of teaching, research and service in a way that makes the best use of the time and resources available. Faculty members are expected to make substantive contributions to the learning of their students and to their field, as well as to make service contributions to the university and community. Faculty members are more likely to make considerable contributions when they have well-defined objectives and a clear plan for reaching those aims. This paper focuses on the challenge of managing the three responsibilities of the faculty member of teaching, research and service. Understanding this challenge and being prepared for it should help for a smoother transition.

In addition to these responsibilities, authors suggested that one should not lose sight of the role model that a faculty member is and to recognize this from the start. This is the moral dimension of the life of the academic and has a great influence on the harmony of the workplace and the ability to tackle the many challenges of teaching, research, and services in such a way as to leave a lasting legacy.

Keywords

Moral mission, new faculty, research, service, teaching.