"It Feels More Important than Other Classes I Have Done": An "Authentic" Undergraduate Research Experience in Sociology

Autor/inn/en	Cuthbert, Denise; Arunachalam, Dharma; Licina, Dunja
Titel	"It Feels More Important than Other Classes I Have Done": An "Authentic" Undergraduate Research Experience in Sociology
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 37 (2012) 2, S.129-142 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2010.538473
Schlagwörter	Sociology; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Undergraduate Study; Research; Social Sciences; Learner Engagement; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziologie; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Grundstudium; Forschung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Australien
Abstract	This article reports on research into the development, teaching and student experiences of a one-semester subject designed to provide an undergraduate research experience in the social sciences. The subject was offered for the first time in 2009 in a large sociology program at a major research-intensive Australian university. Our findings are significant because they confirm findings from research with students engaged in undergraduate research experiences from the science, technology, engineering and medical disciplines, and add a much-needed social science perspective to the important international conversation on undergraduate research in higher education. We conclude by suggesting that whether or not a subject of this kind is successful in motivating students to pursue research careers, it is clearly successful in raising levels of research literacy. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10