Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable
The research assessment framework is an unstable reality in many countries. While few would disagree that there is a need to measure and reward research excellence, there has been little investigation of how assessment mechanisms relate to knowledge itself. With a focus on the arts and humanities an...
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| description | The research assessment framework is an unstable reality in many countries. While few would disagree that there is a need to measure and reward research excellence, there has been little investigation of how assessment mechanisms relate to knowledge itself. With a focus on the arts and humanities and writing from an Australian perspective, this paper draws together discussions of research assessment frameworks and forms of knowledge to consider what can and cannot be measured, and what we might gain from (or lose from not) measuring these things. We argue that the focus on measurable outputs risks a culture that favours effective packages of knowledge at the same time as ignoring the immeasurable, or hidden elements of research and scholarship – elements that Aristotle considered to underpin scholarship itself. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-59412017-09-13T14:41:02Z Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable Bennett, Dawn Franzmann, Majella arts and humanities research assessment creative research higher education ERA The research assessment framework is an unstable reality in many countries. While few would disagree that there is a need to measure and reward research excellence, there has been little investigation of how assessment mechanisms relate to knowledge itself. With a focus on the arts and humanities and writing from an Australian perspective, this paper draws together discussions of research assessment frameworks and forms of knowledge to consider what can and cannot be measured, and what we might gain from (or lose from not) measuring these things. We argue that the focus on measurable outputs risks a culture that favours effective packages of knowledge at the same time as ignoring the immeasurable, or hidden elements of research and scholarship – elements that Aristotle considered to underpin scholarship itself. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5941 10.1177/1474022213492441 SAGE publishing fulltext |
| spellingShingle | arts and humanities research assessment creative research higher education ERA Bennett, Dawn Franzmann, Majella Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable |
| title | Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable |
| title_full | Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable |
| title_fullStr | Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable |
| title_short | Aristotle and the ERA: Measuring the immeasurable |
| title_sort | aristotle and the era: measuring the immeasurable |
| topic | arts and humanities research assessment creative research higher education ERA |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5941 |