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Vitality in Undergraduate Research Programs

Vitality in Undergraduate Research Programs. Claire Peinado Fraczek, PhD University of Washington Bothell March 7, 2014. When visiting other institutions, how do I measure the vitality of their undergraduate research programs?. Deep Time: Nurturing the Work Across Generations.

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Vitality in Undergraduate Research Programs

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  1. Vitality in Undergraduate Research Programs Claire Peinado Fraczek, PhD University of Washington Bothell March 7, 2014

  2. When visiting other institutions, how do I measure the vitality of their undergraduate research programs?

  3. Deep Time: Nurturing the Work Across Generations

  4. Research in service to . . . what? An invitation to learning

  5. Two Research Models Traditional Transformative

  6. Traditional Research Model Key Features • Technical Skills • Advising • Methodological support • Summer intensives • Public presentations

  7. Measuring Student Engagement Rates and quality of participation: • Conference participation • Disciplinary diversity • Fellowship recipients • Utilization of academic supports • Transfer engagement • Research methods course enrollment • Collaborative opportunities

  8. Measuring Faculty Engagement • Gallery and journal presence • Visible incentives and rewards • Disciplinary diversity

  9. Building an Inquiry Culture The challenges of individualism

  10. High Impact Practices (AAC&U, LEAP)

  11. Why invest in a transformative model? Help students develop stories and translations about their research and engagement to broader communities.

  12. Transformative Research Model 3 Key Pillars • Make it social • Integrate curriculum across 4 years • Align research with broader community engagement efforts

  13. Zemis

  14. Intellectual Friendships

  15. Waseda University Tokyo, Japan

  16. Hirota Zemi Graduation

  17. Zemi Implications for Student Learning • Academic risk-taking • Strong mechanisms of accountability • Multi-generational team • Collaborative problem-solving • Leadership

  18. Pillar 2: Curricular Integration Re-orient students to their own learning • Orientation: inquiry through learning plans • E-portfolios • CUSP to Schools coherence

  19. Pillar 3: Community Based Learning & Engagement • CUSP to Capstone alignment through research • Research tracks through existing programs (MATCH) RESEARCH +

  20. Vitality . . . as learning through research and inquiry 1. Exuberant physical strength or mental vigor 2. Capacity for survival or for the continuation of a purposeful or meaningful existence, and 3. Power to live or grow

  21. Thank you!msclaire@uw.edu

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