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73 - Synopsis and Introduction

Toward a Democratization of Knowledge

from Part V - Avenues for Developing Undergraduate Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Angela Brew ,
Elizabeth L. Ambos ,
Dominique M. Galli ,
Judith Lehmann  and
Harald A. Mieg
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

This chapter provides a synopsis of our Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research. We argue that undergraduate research is made possible by, and responds to, changes in the ways we think about knowledge. Readers will be familiar with the contemporary social context, which often sees knowledge as a kind of free-for-all in which opinion is presented as fact, where knowledge gained through research competes in the political realm with supposition, and public discourse is steeped in deliberate misinformation. In the context of our handbook, such developments not only open up opportunities for students to engage in research, they also emphasize the importance of all students developing the skills to engage meaningfully and rigorously in evidence-based practice and to challenge unfounded assumptions. Knowledge has become democratized, and it is this that provides both the impetus and opportunity for widespread and equitable undergraduate research engagement.

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Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Researchundergraduate researchknowledge productiondemocratization of knowledgetransformative pedagogy
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 661 - 669
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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