Putting research first? Perspectives from academics and students on first-year undergraduates learning research

Authors

  • Grant Bage University of Hertfordshire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v10i1.1149

Keywords:

first-year experience, research skills, research-rich teaching, independent learning, student support, learning through research, undergraduate research

Abstract

Exploring the place and potential of ‘research’ in undergraduate degrees has stimulated higher-educational debate for decades, strongly influencing policies, practices and structures. This article’s consideration of some problems associated with teaching and learning about research during the first year of undergraduate degrees, helps throw that debate into a sharper light. Should first-year undergraduates be asked to learn from their own or others’ research, and what difficulties might they experience? What relevant previous learning about research, or lack of it, might they bring with them into their degree? Working with empirical data from across one English university, and literature from universities across the world, these questions are discussed by exploring first-year undergraduate teaching and learning, through the lenses of critical inquiry and constructivist grounded theory.

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Author Biography

Grant Bage, University of Hertfordshire

Grant Bage has taught and researched in universities, secondary schools and primary schools throughout his career. He has also worked in and around the education and business sectors in England for universities, national government, local government and charitable sector organisations, promoting higher education learning, research and innovation.  Grant recently commenced a five year research fellowship at the University of Hertfordshire investigating research-teaching relationships and the promotion of ‘research-rich education’.  

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Published

2019-03-07

How to Cite

Bage, G. (2019). Putting research first? Perspectives from academics and students on first-year undergraduates learning research. Student Success, 10(1), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v10i1.1149