CeAL Resources; Case Studies in Active Learning and Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research

1. NTFS Undergraduate Research
   •   NTFS Project Executive Summary (27Kb Adobe PDF)  
2. Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institutional Leadership Programme Undergraduate Research 
3. Call for Case Studies in Undergraduate Research
4. Some Useful Resources
   
   *NEW*   Linking Discipline-Based Research and Teaching through Mainstreaming Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (528Kb Adobe PDF)  by Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins
   Jenkins, A and Healey, M (2007)   UK Undergraduate Research Programmes (July 2007) (154Kb Adobe PDF)
   
   Presentations made at LTEA/NTFS Seminar ‘Undergraduate research and inquiry: an investigation’, 12 May 2008, University of Gloucestershire
   Conceptualising undergraduate research and enquiry by Norman Jackson (Surrey)
   Conceptualising undergraduate research and inquiry - some starting-points for discussion by Philippa Levy (Sheffield)
   
5. Useful Links:
   • The Reinvention Centre: Undergraduate Research
   • The Learning through Enquiry Alliance
   • The Higher Education Academy: Research and Teaching
   • Research and Teaching Projects    
   • Centre for Research-Informed Teaching

Undergraduate Research Case Studies 

Research for beginners: assessment design to foster research skills by Marina Orsini-Jones, Department of English and Languages, Faculty of Business, Environment and Society,George Eliot Building, Coventry University, CV1 5FB

Undergraduates as participants: the development of participation pools by Dr. Ruth Ogden, Learning Development Unit, Kingsway House, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool

Inter-Disciplinary Inquiry-Based Learning (IDIBL) Focusing on Action Research in the Workplace by Stephen Powell, The University of Bolton, Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5AB

Introducing first year students to interdisciplinary research: linking microbiology and art at Manchester Metropolitan University by Professor Joanna Verran, School of Biology, Chemistry and Health Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester St., Manchester, M1 5GD

Engaging students in applied research through a community sports development consultancy project by Claire Mashiter, Learning Development Unit, Fylde Building, University for Central Lancashire,Fylde Road,Preston,PR1 2HE

Engaging students in environmental health research and outreach: The Science of a Healthy Home by Dr Caryl Waggett, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Allegheny College, Meadville PA 16335, USA

Geoverse, piloting a national journal of undergraduate research in Geography across four universities by Dr Helen Walkington, Department of Anthropology and Geography Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP

Student Training in Active Research (STAR) by Dr Simone Schnall, University of Plymouth, School of Psychology, Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA.

Links with Maidstone Museum by Professor Jackie Eales, History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury CT1 1QU.

A case study of Research Led Learning in Computer Science: software project management in which final year students’ manage teams of second years by Liz Burd, Computer Science, Durham University.

Making connections: Using service and problem-based learning to foster student engagement in research and the community by Karen Badger, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.I.S.W., 625 Patterson Office Tower, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. U.S.A. 40506-0027

Faculty-Student Research Collaboration in the Economics Department by Stephen Z. Onyeiwu, Department of Economics, Box 20, 520 North Main Street, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, USA

Energizing Undergraduate Research in the Arts and Humanities by Gregory Young, Vice Provost for Undergrad Ed
318 Montana Hall, MSU, Bozeman MT 59717, USA

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