CTLE Professional Development Workshop:
Engaging Students In Research and Inquiry
Knowledge creation is the business of every academic, whether research active or not. The main aim of this workshop is to explore the complexity and contested nature of the research-teaching nexus, and to provide participants with effective strategies to engage students in research-based learning during their undergraduate study. This workshop will be run like a flipped classroom with exercises for registered participants.
The following topics will be covered:
1. Developing the teaching-research nexus
2. Different ways of engaging students in research and inquiry
3. Strategies for engaging students at the beginning of their undergraduate course
4. Strategies for engaging students beyond the first year of their undergraduate course
Date: 30 March 2022
Time: 3:00PM – 4:30PM
Venue: Online via ZOOM
Speaker: Professor Mick Healey
Biography
Mick Healey is an HE Consultant and Researcher and Emeritus Professor at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Until 2010 he was Director of the Centre for Active Learning, a nationally funded Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He is currently The Humboldt Distinguished Scholar in Research-Based Learning at McMaster University, Canada. Previously he was a Visiting Professor at UCL supporting their Connected Curriculum initiative. He was one of the first people in the UK to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and to be made a Principal Fellow of the HE Academy. In 2015 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Mick has written and edited over 200 papers, chapters, books and guides on various aspects of teaching and learning in HE, with a particular emphasis on research and inquiry-based learning and students working in partnership with staff. He has 13,000 citations. He was co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development (2010-13) and is currently Inaugural Senior Editor International Journal for Students as Partners. He is often asked to act as an advisor to projects, universities, and governments on aspects of teaching and learning. Mick is an experienced presenter. Since 1995 he has given over 500 educational presentations in more than 25 different countries, including at most universities in Hong Kong and Singapore.