Learning to Research – Researching to Learn explores the integration of research into
teaching and learning at all levels of higher education. The chapters draw on
the long and ongoing debate about the teaching–research nexus in
universities. Although the vast majority of academics believe that there is
an important and valuable link between teaching and research, the precise
nature of this relationship continues to be contested.


The book
includes chapters that showcase innovative ways of learning to research; how
research is integrated into coursework teaching; how students learn the
processes of research, and how universities are preparing students to engage
with the world. The chapters also showcase innovative ways of researching to
learn, exploring how students learn through doing research, how they
conceptualise the knowledge of their fields of study through the processes of
doing research, and how students experiment and reflect on the results
produced.



These are the
key issues addressed by this anthology, as it brings together analyses of the
ways in which university teachers are developing research skills in their
students, creating enquiry-based approaches to teaching, and engaging in
education research themselves. The studies here explore the links between
teaching, learning and research in a range of contexts, from pre-enrolment
through to academic staff development, in Australia, the UK, the US,
Singapore and Denmark. Through a rich array of theoretical and methodological
approaches, the collection seeks to further our understanding of how
universities can play an effective role in educating graduates suited to the
twenty-first century.