TY - JOUR
T1 - Differentiating undergraduate research
AU - Bowers, Jack
AU - Parameswaran, Ashvin
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The work of undergraduates has been generally perceived in terms of coursework rather than research; research, rather, has been considered the domain of postgraduates and academics. This study collected data from interviews with 80 undergraduates at an Australian research university. The results suggest that undergraduates perceive research along a spectrum, from developmental - where research is framed by an intellectual hierarchy from undergraduate to postgraduate to academic - to discrete perceptions of research, which frame research as non-hierarchical. These two frames - the developmental and the discrete - have implications for universities choosing to mainstream undergraduate research (UR) opportunities.
AB - The work of undergraduates has been generally perceived in terms of coursework rather than research; research, rather, has been considered the domain of postgraduates and academics. This study collected data from interviews with 80 undergraduates at an Australian research university. The results suggest that undergraduates perceive research along a spectrum, from developmental - where research is framed by an intellectual hierarchy from undergraduate to postgraduate to academic - to discrete perceptions of research, which frame research as non-hierarchical. These two frames - the developmental and the discrete - have implications for universities choosing to mainstream undergraduate research (UR) opportunities.
KW - higher education
KW - students' perceptions
KW - undergraduate research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881661160&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13562517.2012.752731
DO - 10.1080/13562517.2012.752731
M3 - Article
SN - 1356-2517
VL - 18
SP - 453
EP - 464
JO - Teaching in Higher Education
JF - Teaching in Higher Education
IS - 5
ER -