Disiplinbasert utdanningsforsking - teori og praksis
Ph.d.-kurs
- Studiepoeng
- 5
- Undervisningssemester Vår
- Emnekode
- NT920
- Talet på semester
- 1
- Undervisningsspråk
- Engelsk
- Ressursar
- Timeplan
Emnebeskrivelse
Mål og innhold
Disiplinbasert utdanningsforskning undersøker læring og undervisning fra et perspektiv som reflekterer en disciplins prioriteringer, verdenssyn, kunnskap og praksiser. Målet med dette emnet er å introdusere studentene for temaer, litteratur og metoder innen disiplinbasert utdanningsforskning.
Det vi være fysisk oppmøte 2-13 Februar 2026. Deretter vil det være 4 oppfølgingsmøte i perioden 1 mars til 15 mai
Emnet undervises på engelsk. Se engelsk emnebeskrivelse
Læringsutbytte
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe the development and goals of discipline-based education research in post-secondary institutions
- Consider issues of ethics for working with human subjects in higher education research
- Draw conclusions from fundamental results about how people learn and barriers students face in undergraduate STEM
- Use results from research to design and evaluate classroom activities
- Discuss methods of studying learning including interpreting qualitative results, research-based assessments, and observations
- Evaluate the mechanisms and issues for encouraging adoption of research-based teaching methods at universities
- Conduct projects related to discipline-based education research (DBER), specifically education research done in the context of undergraduate biology, chemistry, physics, math, and geosciences.
Arbeids- og undervisningsformer
Throughout the course, students will engage in a number of in-class and out-of-class activities, including:
Reading education research articles and leading and participating in discussion of the readings
Students will be assigned a number of readings, which they will be expected to be prepared to discuss in class. Each student will be responsible for leading discussions about an assigned reading. Students are strongly encouraged to apply lessons from this course when facilitating in-class discussion.
Leading class discussions
Students will present and briefly summarize a paper from the primary literature that is being discussed. Summary presentations will be at least 15 minutes and students are encouraged to use powerpoint slides to help with presentations. Then students will lead the class in a discussion of the paper and the topic.
Collecting and analyzing education research data, contributing to a manuscript
Throughout the course, students will collect and analyze data related to education research activities. These may include using a classroom observation protocol, coding qualitative research, or assessing research- validated multiple-choice assessment item. While a literature review on one element of our final project will be submitted separately, we will work collaboratively on the final manuscript.
Vurderingsformer
Portfolio assessment.
Assessment will be based on in-class participation and presentations (20%), written reflections (30%), and collaborative manuscript development (50%).