Call for Case Studies in Active Learning

CeAL is collecting a range of examples from other Higher Education Institutions in the UK and overseas of the way in which active learning is embedded in different learning contexts, disciplines and educational systems.

Readers are invited to submit their own case studies.  A proforma which may be used to structure the examples is available here:

  CeAL Case Study Structure (21Kb Adobe PDF)

  CeAL Case Study Structure (26Kb MS Word)

Completed case studies and any queries should be sent to: Mick Healey
  

Invitation to Submit Undergraduate Research Case Studies

As part of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Leadership Programme on Undergraduate Research and our National Teaching Fellowship project on ‘Leading and promoting undergraduate research’, the University of Gloucestershire, based at Cheltenham UK, is collecting case studies at course, department and institutional levels from Higher Education Institutions in the UK and overseas.  These are displayed on the Centre for Active Learning (CeAL), an international centre of excellence, website.

Our definition of undergraduate research includes Boyer’s (1990) scholarships of discovery, integration and application (engagement) and is characterised by breadth:

undergraduate research describes student engagement from induction to graduation, individually and in groups, in research / inquiry into disciplinary, professional and community-based problems and issues, including involvement in knowledge transfer / exchange activities.

The core of undergraduate research is how the student engages in or is exposed to research processes, activities, methods or culture, whether in connection with disciplinary research, community development or knowledge transfer activities.  For the purpose of these case studies we are excluding dissertations, theses and projects associated with Honours courses. 

We provide two proformas below and some brief examples of undergraduate research at:

  Form A: Case studies for Courses (66Kb MS Word)

  Form B: Case studies for Departments and Institutions (73Kb MS Word)

Note: It is section 5 on each form that is most important and needs to be a minimum of 500 words.

They are generic templates which you should use if you find them helpful.

Completed case studies and any queries should be sent to:

Professor Mick Healey, Director CeAL

For more information on the Centre for Active Learning contact:
Barbara Rainbow, CeAL Administrator, Tel: +44 (0)1242 714683, E-mail: brainbow@glos.ac.uk
Sonia Chilton, CeAL Administrative Assistant, Tel: +44 (0)1242 714615, E-mail: slchilton@glos.ac.uk