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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

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