Teaching Research Processes : The Faculty Role In The Development Of Skilled Student Researchers


William. Badke
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2012.
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1 online resource (241 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Teaching Research Processes: The faculty role in the development of skilled student researchers; Copyright; Contents; Preface: my journey into research processes; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1Defining research processes; Average faculty expectations; Common definitions; The capabilities actually required by students; Keeping the goal consistent with higher education's mission; What are we looking for?; The idea of research processes; 2Research ability inadequacies in higher education; Where the problem starts; University students and information skills - an overview. - Information literacy of senior undergraduate/graduate studentsThe information literacy of faculty members; The bottom line: information illiteracy in academia; Notes; 3Research processes and faculty understanding; The understanding gap; The university administration gap; The silo problem; The perpetuated experience (osmosis) gap; Faulty assumptions about students and technology; Faculty culture; Faculty perception of librarians; The hesitation of accrediting bodies; Conclusion; Note; 4Current initiatives in research processes; Development of standards among academic librarians. - Remedial instructionCredit-based courses; Instruction through the curriculum; The essential failure of all such initiatives; 5The role of disciplinary thinking in research processes; The development of scholarly ability within a discipline - content and process; Learning about versus doing; The difference between disciplinary experts and undergraduates; The radical shift in thinking demanded for effective research processes instruction to university students; 6Research processes in the classroom; Essential goals; Congruence with active learning and constructivism. - Required thinking and process skillsRequired changes in teaching patterns; The new classroom; What about content?; 7Tentative case studies in disciplinary research process instruction; The humanities; The social sciences; The sciences; Professional programs; Conclusion; 8Research processes transforming education; The educational task of the professor; Departmental planning for teaching research processes; University planning for teaching research processes; 9Resourcing the enterprise; The question of priorities; Realigning academic librarians; Taking a grassroots approach; Buy-in at the top. - What resources do we need?10 Conclusion; References; Index. - Information literacy may be defined as the ability to identify a research problem, decide the kinds of information needed to tackle it, find the information efficiently, evaluate the information, and apply it to the problem at hand. Teaching Research Processes suggests a novel way in which information literacy can come within the remit of teaching faculty, supported by librarians, and reconceived as 'research processes'. The aim is to transform education from what some see as a primarily one-way knowledge communication practice, to an interactive practice involving the core research tasks of s
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9781843346746

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