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71 - Undergraduate Research in Scandinavia

Focusing on Students as Researchers

from Part IV.4 - Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Mari Elken  and
Sabine Wollscheid
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 takes stock of current research concerning undergraduate research in Scandinavia. A literature search identified relatively few studies that explicitly employ this concept. There is a strong emphasis on “research-based education” as a principle in all three Scandinavian countries, with a broader view on linking research and education. In recent years, perspectives emphasizing inquiry, student-centeredness and problem-based learning have attracted considerable attention. There are also other indications of practices associated with students behaving as researchers – e.g., the relatively wide use of the bachelors’ thesis and specific examples of institutions and cases where principles from undergraduate research have been employed. More recent developments include theuse of honours programmes.

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undergraduate researchresearch-based educationScandinaviaSwedenNorwayDenmarkhonours programmesbachelors’thesisstudents as researchersundergraduate education
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 638 - 648
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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