Watling, Sue and Hagyard, Andy (2010) The student as producer: learning by doing research. In: Doing Research in Learning Development in Higher Education. Universities into the 21st Century . Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230241480

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Abstract

The idea of encouraging students to engage in research activity, becoming ‘knowledge producers’ rather than consumers of an educational ‘product’, is central to a number of recent initiatives aimed at tackling the historic dichotomy between research and teaching in higher education. This chapter examines the development of research-based learning in higher education and analyses the experience of one university which has introduced a research bursary scheme for undergraduate students. This case study is used to identify the implications of research-based learning for the practice of Learning Development. This chapter also identifies the key issues students doing research will need to become familiar with, including methods of collecting and analysing data, and an understanding of the nature of research within the context of their discipline.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	The idea of encouraging students to engage in research activity, becoming ‘knowledge producers’ rather than consumers of an educational ‘product’, is central to a number of recent initiatives aimed at tackling the historic dichotomy between research and teaching in higher education. This chapter examines the development of research-based learning in higher education and analyses the experience of one university which has introduced a research bursary scheme for undergraduate students. This case study is used to identify the implications of research-based learning for the practice of Learning Development. This chapter also identifies the key issues students doing research will need to become familiar with, including methods of collecting and analysing data, and an understanding of the nature of research within the context of their discipline.
Keywords:	undergraduate research, LearnHigher, Learning Development, Student as Producer, UROS
Subjects:	X Education > X342 Academic studies in Higher Education
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Research and Development (CERD)
Depositing User:	Sue Watling
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2011 12:48
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 08:57
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/4185

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