Transcript Laoreet Dolore Magna Aliquam

Capacity-building for Quality Research and
Publication
Chad Habel, University of Adelaide
Caroline Chanock, La Trobe University
Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, University of
Adelaide
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A preliminary word: The impostor syndrome
What is holding you back? (3 minutes of self-reflection)
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Welcome and introduction
• Welcome
• Introduction
– Chad
– Kate
– Fernando
• Overview
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What is (quality) research?
Activities involved in undertaking research projects
Getting started: collaborating on ideas
Towards a community of practice
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Developing a research profile
• Portfolio approach:
– Documenting learning and achievements
– Providing evidence of learning and achievements
– A reflective tool for planning and developing a strategy
towards becoming an independent researcher
– A document for job applications etc.
• Rough format:
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– Where have you been? What research have you achieved
in the past? What publications, conference papers,
dissertations, or assignments can you be proud of?
Acknowledge and celebrate your achievements!
– Where are you now? What are you currently working on?
What stage are you at? What’s going well, what has
stalled, and why?
– Where are you going? What are your future plans for
research? Where do you want to publish/ What do you
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have to do to get there?
Introduction: Chad
• Past:
– Undergrad & honours in English (u/g major in Politics)
– PhD in English (research apprenticeship) and some
publications in my field, but little preparation for
transference to new field
– SLC: need research in T & L – Foundation Course
curriculum redesign and research project (success),
transference to discipline-specific
• Current:
– Self-efficacy in access and equity programs
– Learning and technology (Votapedia, game-based
learning); (2011 annus horribilis)
• Future:
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– Publications in Higher Education, Studies in Higher
Education etc
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Introductions: Kate
• Past
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BA (Anthropology); PhD African History
Academic writing and research skills
Motivational skills
Social skills
But no idea how to do research in ALL, until "theoreticallyinflected narrative“
• Present
– Embedding academic skills development in disciplines
– PG Thesis Writing Circles
– Transition to uni: how students learn to read discipline
texts
– Transition from TAFE to uni
• Future
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– Encouraging colleagues in collaborative research
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Introductions: Fernando
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Capacity-building for personal and professional
development
• Self-efficacy can be defined as one’s belief in one’s
ability to put into place actions which lead to desired
outcomes
• Very strong links to performance factors (GPA,
retention etc); e.g.: driving
• Four sources of self-efficacy:
(source: jcmc.indiana.edu)
• Therefore doing something is the best way of building
your self-efficacy: scaffolding and strategy
• Handout: academic self-efficacy for students
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Quality research is possible; it happens all the time
• Brainstorm definitions of research
• What is “quality” in this context? – workshop
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ERA – a side issue (for now)
“Rigour”, strength, defensibility
Empirical research (data collection)
Pursuit of a particular question or hypothesis
An identifiable method(ology)
Tuned in to contemporary issues and debates
• A coherent story: the research process
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Activities associated with undertaking research
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Pursuing curiosity
• What aspects of your practice, or of learning and
teaching, are you most interested in? What do you
want to know more about? What do you want to
explore or say something about?
– Individual reflection and writing: come up with three
examples
– Share with group and find points of similarity; write down
research areas on post-it notes and bring the to the front
for “sorting”
– Reassign yourselves to tables based on research interests
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Beginning a collaborative research strategy
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Conclusion: Towards a community of (research) practice
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