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Direct linkThompson, Jennifer Jo; Jensen-Ryan, Danielle – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
We argue that cultural capital plays an underexamined role in students' recognition as budding scientists by faculty. By triangulating interview data from undergraduates and faculty mentors in a multi-institutional biology research network, we identified a set of intersecting domains of capital that help render students recognizable to faculty. We…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Student Role, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
Davis, Shannon N.; Jacobsen, Shannon K. – Innovative Higher Education, 2014
In the burgeoning literature on infusing undergraduate research and creative activities into the curriculum of research-intensive institutions, few studies have examined the perspectives of the faculty mentors who provide the individualized opportunities for students. Based on focus group data from 50 faculty mentors, we document faculty…
Descriptors: Barriers, Organizational Change, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes
Willemse, T. M.; Boei, F. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
Research conducted by teacher educators is considered important for their professional development, their actual teaching practice and their body of knowledge. However, for many teacher educators in Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in the Netherlands, research is a new challenge. A survey was conducted among 508 such teacher educators…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Surveys, Interviews, Foreign Countries
North, Delia; Gal, Iddo; Zewotir, Temesgen – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This paper aims to contribute to the emerging literature on capacity-building in statistics education by examining issues pertaining to the readiness of teachers in a developing country to teach basic statistical topics. The paper reflects on challenges and barriers to building statistics capacity at grass-roots level in a developing country,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Capacity Building, Statistics, Developing Nations
Tyson, Will – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2012
Interviews with faculty, administrators, staff, and students at four engineering programs reveal the role of undergraduate student employment on retention and timely degree completion among engineering students. Dueling narratives reveal how student approaches to earning an engineering degree differ greatly from faculty, administrator, and staff…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Financial Needs, Student Employment, Time Management
Barker, L. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2009
Undergraduate research experiences are promoted and funded for their potential in increasing students' likelihood of pursuing graduate degrees, increasing their confidence, and expanding their awareness of their discipline and career opportunities. These outcomes, however, depend on the social, organizational, and intellectual conditions under…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Computer Science, Comparative Analysis
Download full textParhar, Nisha; Sensoy, Ozlem – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
This study examined how teachers who practice culturally relevant pedagogy describe their work and its challenges. Data is from ten semi-structured interviews with teachers in Vancouver Canada. Analysis revealed four themes in relation to participants' practice to support culturally diverse students: 1) An inclusive classroom of meaningful…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment
Shaffer, Christopher D.; Alvarez, Consuelo; Bailey, Cheryl; Barnard, Daron; Bhalla, Satish; Chandrasekaran, Chitra; Chandrasekaran, Vidya; Chung, Hui-Min; Dorer, Douglas R.; Du, Chunguang; Eckdahl, Todd T.; Poet, Jeff L.; Frohlich, Donald; Goodman, Anya L.; Gosser, Yuying; Hauser, Charles; Hoopes, Laura L. M.; Johnson, Diana; Jones, Christopher J.; Kaehler, Marian; Kokan, Nighat; Kopp, Olga R.; Kuleck, Gary A.; McNeil, Gerard; Moss, Robert; Myka, Jennifer L.; Nagengast, Alexis; Morris, Robert; Overvoorde, Paul J.; Shoop, Elizabeth; Parrish, Susan; Reed, Kelynne; Regisford, E. Gloria; Revie, Dennis; Rosenwald, Anne G.; Saville, Ken; Schroeder, Stephanie; Shaw, Mary; Skuse, Gary; Smith, Christopher; Smith, Mary; Spana, Eric P.; Spratt, Mary; Stamm, Joyce; Thompson, Jeff S.; Wawersik, Matthew; Wilson, Barbara A.; Youngblom, Jim; Leung, Wilson; Buhler, Jeremy; Mardis, Elaine R.; Lopatto, David; Elgin, Sarah C. R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Genomics is not only essential for students to understand biology but also provides unprecedented opportunities for undergraduate research. The goal of the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaboration between a growing number of colleges and universities around the country and the Department of Biology and Genome Center of Washington…
Descriptors: Student Research, Active Learning, Biology, Research Opportunities
Whitburn, Merrill D. – ADE Bulletin, 1984
Argues that by shunning university-industry cooperation in the name of academic freedom, academics may ensure the absence of that freedom--at least in the rapidly expanding area of rhetorical research and teaching. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Cooperation, Higher Education, Industry
Lytle, Susan L. – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1992
Reconstructs the discussion of a high-school teacher research group. Notes that the intensity of the discussion was not unique to this group of teachers. Notes the common commitment of the teachers to reforming classroom practices and their schools as workplaces. (RS)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Research Needs, Research Opportunities, Secondary Education
Interchange on Education, 1984
A panel discusses the importance of mission-oriented research in a university relative to that of curiosity-based research. Discussants include Wes Cragg, John Leyerle, Gordon Slemon, David Olson, Jack Stevenson, and Bob Czerny. (CJB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Peer reviewedMohr, Marian M. – English Journal, 1994
Considers the emergence of teacher research. Discusses the difficulties and benefits teacher research. Provides comments by numerous teachers actively involved in teacher research. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Research Opportunities
Peer reviewedKutz, Eleanor – Language Arts, 1992
Asserts that becoming a teacher-researcher is one way to get better at teaching. Shows that teacher research is not as daunting as it may first appear. Examines three myths and three opposing realities regarding teacher research. (PRA)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Opportunities, Research Problems
Peer reviewedParham, Diane; Broski, David C. – Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 1987
Parham's survey of 275 occupational therapy faculty in baccalaureate and postbaccalaureate programs revealed four main dimensions of work-related rewards: economic, research related, teaching/service related, and social/environmental. Broski's commentary analyzes the study's predictive validity and the use of the concept of intrinsic and extrinsic…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Faculty Development, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHall, Kathy; Webber, Beryl; Varley, Steve; Young, Vanessa; Dorman, Peter – Cambridge Journal of Education, 1997
Documents the practice of and attitudes to teacher assessment by Year Two teachers in England. Discusses assessment of process skills and the effects of assessment of children's learning and teachers' practice. Links findings with previous research and proposes a developmental model that describes and explains assessment approaches. (DSK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries
