Why Work with Undergraduate Researchers? Differences in Research Advisors' Motivations and Outcomes by Career Stage.
Why Work with Undergraduate Researchers? Differences in Research Advisors' Motivations and Outcomes by Career Stage.
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10.1187/cbe.16-07-0229
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2017
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Thiry H
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Hayward CN;Laursen SL;Thiry H
在采访中，许多本科生研究顾问表示内在的动机，但一些早期的职业生涯顾问表示只有工具性的动机。本研究探讨了这对顾问如何与本科研究人员合作的意义，以及对培训和留住能够提供高质量研究经验的顾问的影响。本科研究通常被誉为增加科学，技术，工程和数学毕业生的数量和质量的解决方案，以填补未来的高科技工作岗位。研究对学生的好处是有据可查的，但关于顾问观点的新兴文献是不完整的：只有少数研究包括经常担任研究顾问的研究生和博士后，并且对于研究顾问为什么选择与本科研究人员合作知之甚少。我们报告了为本科研究人员提供咨询的动机，以及这样做的相关成本和收益，来自30个不同职业阶段的研究顾问的访谈。许多顾问陈述了内在动机，但一小群早期职业生涯的顾问只表达了工具性动机。我们探讨了这意味着顾问如何与学生研究人员合作，学生可能会或可能不会从经验中获得的好处，以及培训和留住研究顾问谁可以为本科生提供高质量的研究经验的影响。
In interviews, many undergraduate research advisors stated intrinsic motivations, but some early-career advisors expressed only instrumental motivations. This study explores what this means for how advisors work with undergraduate researchers and the implications for training and retaining advisors who can provide high-quality research experiences. Undergraduate research is often hailed as a solution to increasing the number and quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates needed to fill the high-tech jobs of the future. Student benefits of research are well documented but the emerging literature on advisors’ perspectives is incomplete: only a few studies have included the graduate students and postdocs who often serve as research advisors, and not much is known about why research advisors choose to work with undergraduate researchers. We report the motivations for advising undergraduate researchers, and the related costs and benefits of doing so, from 30 interviews with research advisors at various career stages. Many advisors stated intrinsic motivations, but a small group of early-career advisors expressed only instrumental motivations. We explore what this means for how advisors work with student researchers, the benefits students may or may not gain from the experience, and the implications for training and retaining research advisors who can provide high-quality research experiences for undergraduate students.