Document Type
Poster Session
Presentation Date
Summer 8-22-2013
Conference Name
Hope College Innovation Exposition 2013
Conference Location
Hope College
Abstract
The innovative Advanced Research course was designed in the early 1980s, well before the pedagogical approach of enquiry-based instruction was widely championed in the late 1990s to early 2000s (National Science Educational Standards, 1996; National Research Council, 2000). Enquiry-based instruction entails “learning through doing” and is a method of teaching and learning based on self-directed enquiry (EBL) or research (RBL) by the student (University of Manchester, 2007; University of Reading, n.d.). This course integrates a research experience for students in the psychology curriculum that reflects a cutting edge approach to teaching psychology. The “lone-wolf” model of science is outdated and one of the primary “opportunities” of today’s best practices in scientific discovery is the collaborative research model. The course provides students with critical pre-professional experiences and the research outcomes are presented at regional, national, and international professional venues.
Recommended Citation
Repository citation: Shaughnessy, John; Trent-Brown, Sonja; and VanTongeren, Daryl R., "Innovation Exposition: Advanced Research Course in Psychology (PSY 390)" (2013). Faculty Presentations. Paper 28.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_presentations/28
Summer August 22, 2013.
