Publications and Research
Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
11-10-2020
Abstract
High-impact educational practices outlined by the Association of American Colleges and Universities give faculty a toolkit of specific practices that current research identifies as having particular effectiveness in student engagement and learning in the 21st century. Included in this list of effective practices is undergraduate research. While this high-impact educational practice is most often associated with the sciences, it has wider applicability to undergraduate learning where the methods of research can integrate synergistic strategies that further enhance student engagement and learning: place-based learning and interdisciplinary teaching. In this chapter, these two compelling approaches to higher education are presented as a powerful, interwoven and integrated approach to undergraduate research. Learning Places: Understanding the City provides a case study illustrating undergraduate research using the city as an engaging interdisciplinary laboratory.
Comments
Originally published as Montgomery J. (2020) Learning Places: Place-Based Learning in an Interdisciplinary Approach to Undergraduate Research. In: Lansiquot R.D. (eds) Interdisciplinary Team Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56302-8_4