[Web4lib] New Book > Developing Undergraduate Research And Inquiry

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

 

IMHO > A Major / Major Open Access New Book !!!

 

/Gerry 

 

Developing Undergraduate Research And Inquiry  / Mick Healey and Alan
Jenkins / The Higher Education Academy  / June 2009

 

Executive summary

 

> This paper argues that all undergraduate students in all higher
education institutions should experience learning through, and about,
research and inquiry. In undergraduate research, students learn and are
assessed in ways that come as close as possible to the experience of
academic staff carrying out their disciplinary research.

> The origins of our paper lie, in part, in previous published work
worldwide - including our work - on bringing together teaching and
disciplinary research. In particular, the paper stems from the United
States undergraduate research movement, which started by providing
research opportunities for selected students in selected institutions.
We argue, as does much recent US experience, that such curricular
experience should and can be mainstreamed for all or many students
through a research-active curriculum. We argue that this can be achieved
through structured interventions at course team, departmental,
institutional and national levels. The argument is complemented by a
large selection of mini case studies, drawn particularly from the UK,
North America and Australasia.

> This paper addresses four main audiences:

-- Academic staff (or faculty in North America) who are interested in
engaging their students in research, either as part of the curriculum or
as co-researchers;

-- Course leaders, department heads and staff with faculty and
institutional responsibilities for research and teaching and learning
who wish to develop strategies and practices to support undergraduate
students undertaking and understanding the nature of research;

-- Staff engaged in educational and research development in
universities, including Academy staff in the Subject Centres and in
Academy York, who support staff in developing linkages between research
and teaching;

-- Institutional and national higher education policy makers, including
professional bodies and those giving research grants, who are concerned
to develop policies to encourage undergraduates to become involved with
research.

 

Contents 

> Preface 2

> Executive summary 3

> Argument, origins and scope 5

> Nature of undergraduate research and inquiry 15

> Issues of inclusiveness 33

> Disciplinary practices and strategies 47

> Departmental and course team practices and strategies 67

> Institutional practices and strategies 79

> National policies and strategies 105

> The research evidence 113

> Conclusion: building connections 121

> About the authors 125

> References 127

 

List Of Case Studies

> Engaging students in research and inquiry at the beginning of their
academic studies

> Engaging students in research and inquiry later in their academic
studies

> Undergraduate research and inquiry in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) disciplines

> Undergraduate research and inquiry in humanities, social sciences and
interdisciplinary studies

> Undergraduate research and inquiry in departments and course teams

> Undergraduate research and inquiry in institutions

 

!!! Thanks To Alan Jenkins / Professor Emeritus / Oxford Brookes
University / For The HeadsUp !!! 

 

Link To Source And Open Access Text Available At  [
http://tinyurl.com/yduuao6 ] 

 

Regards,

 

/Gerry

 

Gerry McKiernan / Associate Professor / Science and Technology Librarian
/ Iowa State University Library / Ames IA 50011