Big Opportunities in Small Science

Autor/in	Dewey, T. Gregory
Titel	Big Opportunities in Small Science
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2007) 16, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Research Universities; Interdisciplinary Approach; Scientists; Faculty Advisers; Science Education; Higher Education; Grants; Teacher Student Relationship; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Forschungseinrichtung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Collegestudent
Abstract	A transformation is occurring that will have a major impact on how academic science is done and how scientists are trained. That transformation--driven by declining federal funds, as well as by the rising cost of technology and the need for costly, labor-intensive interdisciplinary approaches--is from small science to big science. It is concentrating resources in top-tier research universities, and academic scientists at other institutions are finding it harder to do research themselves and to involve their students in it. Small science is a single investigator working within the confines of his or her designated lab space, developing an independent research program. To succeed in academe, such an investigator must not only do innovative and creative work but must also win grants to support his or her work. Big science, on the other hand, is a large project with many investigators, often involving advanced technology in a central location. Small science is important not only because it allows younger researchers to do important work outside the agenda of a senior investigator. It also permits scientific creativity to flourish outside the small group of major research centers. It is a great way to educate science students--both undergraduate and graduate--as it enables them to establish a close relationship with a faculty adviser and to work with that researcher on significant problems. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10