Launching a successful research program at a teaching university / Robert S. Ryan, Avidan Milevsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Robert S., author.

Milevsky, Avidan, author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Workload.

College teachers.

Research--Management.

Research.

College teaching.

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Learning and scholarship.

Physical Description:

xiii, 124 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

This practical guide addresses the challenges for building and maintaining a college research program in an environment that does not focus on supporting research activity and for those with a heavy teaching load. The challenges faced by teacher-researchers and solutions to issues are reviewed. The steps for maximizing research productivity are outlined: time management, obtaining research space and equipment and funding, recruiting and managing human subjects, and overcoming bureaucratic stumbling blocks.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

After Reacting This Chapter You Will Understand 1

Introduction 1

The Book's Objective 1

The Five Typical Challenges 3

Book Overview 7

Chapter Overview 7

Chapter Structure and Style 9

Summary 9

2 Getting Started and Overcoming Time Constraints 11

After Reading This Chapter You Will Know How to 11

Introduction 11

Starting With What You Have and Building 12

The Overlapping Independent Studies Strategy 12

Efficiency in Teaching 13

Digital Resources to Increase Efficiency in Designing and Conducting Research 27

Summary 38

3 Obtaining Space and Equipment Resources 40

After Reading This Chapter You Will Know How to 40

Introduction 40

Building a Case for Asking for More Resources 41

Matching Research Methods with the Available Resources 41

The Road to Conducting Research on Teaching Methods 43

Using an LMS to Conduct a Study 51

Four Overlapping Studies, Three Leading to Publication, One of Which Was in Science 52

Summary 62

4 Finding Available Human Subjects 64

After Reading Tins Chapter You Will Know How to 64

Introduction 64

Subject Pools at Research Universities 65

Recruiting from Classes 66

Subject Pools at a Teaching Institution 70

Methods of Implementing a Subject Pool 74

Conducting Research on Learning and Teaching Methods on an LMS 87

Summary 89

5 Recruiting Undergraduate Volunteer Researchers 91

After Reading This Chapter You Will Know How to 91

Introduction 91

The Advantages of Undergraduate Students 91

Recruiting Undergraduate Volunteer Research Assistants 92

Selecting Undergraduate Volunteer Research Assistants 95

Motivating and Managing Research Assistants 98

Research Students and Conferences 100

Summary 102

6 Bureaucratic Odds and Ends 104

After Reading This Chapter You Will Know How to 104

Introduction 104

Distinguishing between What Is and Is Not in Your Control 105

Things That Are Within Your Control 105

Things That Are Not Within Your Control 112

Summary 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138638884

9781138638877

1138638870

1138638889

OCLC:

945948349

Publisher Number:

99969657755