建立高质量的经济学本科科研项目:步骤、时间、地点及原因

Creating Quality Undergraduate Research Programs in Economics:How,When,Where(and Why)

虽然几十年来本科科研在整个学术领域得到了蓬勃的发展,但是经济学将其纳入教学法的过程却相对缓慢。我们支持全面发展本科科研项目,这些项目不仅能在高年级段提供研究体验,而且能将对基础研究技能的培训贯穿整个本科课程。从根本上来说,学生学习研究类知识与技能的过程为一个层次结构,表现在低等级课程教授学生基础的研究技能;高等级课程提升将学科知识和研究技能融会贯通的能力;在本科最后几个学期,学生将以单独或合作的形式完成一些科研项目。就建设和加强本科科研环境这方面而言,我们将为经济类院系提供6点建议,以期提高本科科研教育质量。

While undergraduate research(UR)has been growing across the academy for decades,economics has been relatively slow to adopt it as pedagogy.We argue for the development of comprehensive UR programs that not only require capstone research experiences,but integrate foundational research skills throughout the curriculum.Fundamentally,there is a hierarchy whereby students learn basic research skills in lower-level courses,develop ability integrating content knowledge and research skills in upper-levels,and produce independent or collaborative research projects in later semesters.To facilitate such improvements,we make six recommendations for departments to consider when building or strengthening their UR environment.