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77 - Crosscultural Undergraduate Research

Collaborative Research Experiences in a Global World

from Part V - Avenues for Developing Undergraduate Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Nancy Hensel ,
Monika Sonntag ,
Charles I. Abramson ,
Amelia Ahern-Rindell ,
John F. Barthell ,
Kevin Clancy ,
Victor H. Gonzalez ,
John M. Hranitz ,
Nichole Matuska  and
Marcus Müller
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Edited by
Harald A. Mieg ,
Elizabeth Ambos ,
Angela Brew ,
Dominique Galli  and
Judith Lehmann
Harald A. Mieg
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos
Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Summary

Research is increasingly international. There is a rising awareness that sharing knowledge and perspectives contributes to finding solutions to global challenges. It thus seems logical for researchers involved in teaching to share this international experience with students and offer them an international research-based learning opportunity. In this chapter, we look at undergraduate research projects organized in cooperation with partner universities abroad. We ask what form these collaborations take, what challenges they meet in crosscultural teaching and learning settings, and what we can learn from their experience.

Keywords

cross-culturalundergraduate researchinquiry-based researchresearch-based learninginternationalizationcollaborationglobal virtual teamsvirtual exchangemobilitydigitalization
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 709 - 722
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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