Research Activity and the New Pedagogy: Why Carrying Out Research Is Essential for Effective Learning

Frontiers in Psychology

Patrick Tissington¹ 

关键词: teamworking;    transferable skills;    the Idea of a University;    pedagogy;    research training;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01838

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The modern-day university is a thoroughly complex affair that comprises of numerous interlocking research activities that inform the delivery of an equally complex portfolio of learning programs (Kerr, 1963; Krücken et al., 2007). This contemporary model of a university is a far cry from university education envisioned by the noted educational philosopher Cardinal John Henry Newman1. In his seminal paper on the nature and purposes of a University, Newman was clear that a university should be a place where students would acquire a liberal education that would enable them to graduate and to “… see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a skein of thought to detect what is sophistical and to discard what is irrelevant.” (Newman and Svaglic, 1982, p. 6). Although, Newman's philosophy is at the heart of universities across the globe, the day-to-day reality of delivering his core principles within the context of a modern-day university is such that a casual observer might not see how a graduate should be able to develop the skills that Newman originally espoused. However, here we argue that by engaging students at the very heart of the research activity that is regularly carried out in a contemporary university it is indeed possible for Newman's original vision to be realized.

【 授权许可】

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