scholarly journals Frameworks and freedoms: Supervising research learning and the undergraduate dissertation

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Gina Wisker ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Student ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Research Skill ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Student Researchers

Much current debate about undergraduate student research involves a focus on ‘students as partners’ and co-constructors of knowledge (Healey, Flint & Harrington 2014, 2016). This debate reveals interesting tensions between student freedom and the role of structuring frameworks. Undergraduate lecturers and research supervisors might feel we are in a quandary concerning how far we can help manage a balance between supportive frameworks and the independence that student researchers need to develop. Will the use of the Research Skill Development (Willison & O’Regan, 2006/2018) framework and other frameworks at every step of the undergraduate research journey form a constraint, or an essential scaffold? This paper considers frameworks, scaffolds and the need for freedom and creative co-construction of knowledge to enable successful undergraduate research within the context of final year research and writing at undergraduate third year (UK), honours (Australia) or senior/fourth year (US and Canada).

scholarly journals Harnessing the Undiscovered Resource of Student Research Projects

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 605-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon E. Grahe ◽  
Alan Reifman ◽  
Anthony D. Hermann ◽  
Marie Walker ◽  
Kathryn C. Oleson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Educational Experience ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Good Test ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
Student Researchers ◽  
Hypothetical Question ◽  
Psychological Studies

This article suggests that undergraduate research can help advance the science of psychology. We introduce a hypothetical “question-list paradigm” as a mechanism to do this. Each year, thousands of undergraduate projects are completed as part of the educational experience. Although many of these studies may not contain sufficient contributions for publication, they provide a good test of the replicability of established findings across populations at different institutions and geographic locations. Thus, these projects could meet the needs of recent calls for increased replications of psychological studies while simultaneously benefiting the student researchers, their instructors, and the field in general.

The collaborative book review as an opportunity for undergraduate research skill development

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Rowland ◽  
Jeffrey A. Knapp ◽  
Hailley Fargo
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Research Skill

scholarly journals Undergraduate Researchers: Mentees and Mentors

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenni L. Redifer ◽  
Derick Strode ◽  
Cathleen Webb
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Research ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Generation College ◽  
Student Researchers ◽  
And Mathematics

This article describes the tiered mentoring approach to undergraduate research at a regional comprehensive university. In addition to mentorship of undergraduate student researchers by faculty and graduate students, tiered mentoring includes high school student researchers. The high-impact practice of student research is particularly impactful at this institution, where 40% of first-year students are first-generation college students, and the campus houses a residential science, technology, engineering, and mathematics high school. The wide variety of opportunities for student research involvement, including opportunities for students to serve in both mentee and mentor roles, has contributed to tiered mentorship becoming a prominent component of our university culture. Strategies for beginning and expanding the involvement of high school students as researchers in postsecondary settings are discussed.

scholarly journals Undergraduate Research as an Institutional Ethos-A Case Study Examining a Faculty Sponsored Research Symposium

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Settlage ◽  
Latisha A. Settlage
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
High Impact ◽  
State University ◽  
Faculty Involvement ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Institutional Ethos ◽  
Transformative Impact

This article describes a high-impact, institutional approach of embedding undergraduate research. Using a regional, teaching-focused state university as a case study, the article documents the formation of a campus-wide annual undergraduate research symposium (URS) and examines changes in the institution’s culture toward student research. The URS has played the dual role of increasing undergraduate involvement with research and increasing faculty involvement in collaborative research. Key to the effectiveness of the URS is its openness to a wide variety of disciplines and promotion of faculty-student research mentoring. This case study provides background and direction to those wishing to replicate the transformative impact of integrating undergraduate research at their own institutions by forming a high-impact, campus-wide undergraduate research symposium.

SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD THROUGH SKILL DEVELOPMENT AMONG RURAL YOUTH: ROLE OF MICRO-FINANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL PARADIGM

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-173
Author(s):  
Vikram Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Societal Structure ◽  
Policy Shifts

This  article  attempts to  analyse  the  process  of  sustainable  livelihood  through skill development and its conceptual and theoretical understanding in India with reference to rural youth. In India skill development is demanded for economic growth and inclusive development; hence the rural population cannot be overlooked. Employable skills alone have not been able to generate sufficient employment among rural youth or address/promote well-being and sustainable livelihood. Various frameworks associated with skill development leave scope for reforms to strengthen the implementation of various policy shifts in respect of rural development and government/non-government organisations. The process of skill development for rural youth through the establishment of institutions, launch of policy/programmes and their linkages with micro-finance are considered, as the distinctive nature and features of micro-finance in relation to the forces of societal structure, social relationships, and social interactions leading towards collective interests and norms that shape the lives of rural youth. Lastly, analysis is done and conclusions drawn on the basis of discussion.

Einfühlen und Verstehen

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-243
Author(s):  
Verena Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Theory ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Theory Theory ◽  
Other Minds ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
The Many

How do we understand other minds? The current debate uses the iridescent term “empathy” to explain our quite different mindreading capacities. Since no alternatives seemed to be available the discussion has been mostly in a deadlock between “simulation theory” and “theory theory”. Only recently the relevance of phenomenological findings on the issue has been brought forward. In this paper Husserl’s two concepts of “Einfühlung”, as developed in the second volume of his Ideas, are set against the background of the latest discussion. Husserl’s explanation of empathy in terms of analogical experience highlights the transcendental role of empathy in the context of constitution. At the same time it may solve some of the many riddles left by the recent debate.

Promotion of Sustainable Livelihood through Skill Development Among Rural Youth - Role of Micro-Finance in Developmental Paradigm

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram Singh
Keyword(s):  
Skill Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
Development Paradigm

The present paper attempts to analyze the process of sustainable livelihood through skill development and its conceptual and theoretical understanding in India with reference to rural youth. In India skill development is demanded for economic growth and inclusive development, hence rural population cannot be overlooked. It also tries to highlight that employable skills alone have not been able to sufficiently generate employment among rural youth despite it wont address/promote the well-being process and sustainable livelihood. It is also based on the assumption that various frameworks associated with skill development leave scope for reforms as the gaps prevails that weaken implementation addressed by various policy shift in rural development paradigm and government/non-government organizations. The paper also aspires to look into the process of skill development towards rural youth through establishments of institutions, launch of policy/programmes and their linkages with micro-finance. It also look into the distinctive nature/features of micro-finance against the dominant forces of societal structure, social relationships, social interactions leading towards collective interests and norms that shape the quality and quantity of lives of individuals. Lastly analysis and conclusion have been made on the basis of discussion.

MAKING THE JUMP TO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FOR TOP-LEVEL HIGHSCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCHERS: FINDING SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Impreet Singh ◽  
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Bonnie A.B. Blackwell ◽  
Israt J. Ahmed ◽  
Riyadh Ally ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Student Researchers
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