Research-Oriented Studies in Political Science: How Research Collaboration Shapes Southeast European Student Learning Preferences
Session
Security Studies
Description
Much of the literature on research-oriented teaching/learning relies on authors’ experience sharing as well as their impressions of the outcome of such practices. Whereas we share the same enthusiasm for and commitment to research-oriented teaching, we try to empirically assess student satisfaction with such method. By assuming that student preferences for research-oriented studies in Political Science would reflect their positive research experiences during their studies, we build a series of linear models that would add various qualifiers to that relationship. Thus, our models account for the association of three different research experiences – research with their professors, with their peer students and individual research – with their preference for research-oriented studies in Political Science. Our findings shows that research experience predicts student preference for research-oriented studies, but the direction of that effect depends on whether they performed the research with their professors or other students. Whereas research experiences with other students positively predict preference for research-oriented studies, past research collaboration with professors generated a negative assessment, especially among students with no methodological training, and who did not use their involvement in such research projects to improve their methods skills.
Keywords:
research-oriented teaching, political science, student learning preferences, research-based learning, Southeast Europe.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.23
Recommended Citation
Marleku, Alfred; Peshkopia, Ridvan; and Voss, D. Stephen, "Research-Oriented Studies in Political Science: How Research Collaboration Shapes Southeast European Student Learning Preferences" (2022). UBT International Conference. 23.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/23
Research-Oriented Studies in Political Science: How Research Collaboration Shapes Southeast European Student Learning Preferences
Lipjan, Kosovo
Much of the literature on research-oriented teaching/learning relies on authors’ experience sharing as well as their impressions of the outcome of such practices. Whereas we share the same enthusiasm for and commitment to research-oriented teaching, we try to empirically assess student satisfaction with such method. By assuming that student preferences for research-oriented studies in Political Science would reflect their positive research experiences during their studies, we build a series of linear models that would add various qualifiers to that relationship. Thus, our models account for the association of three different research experiences – research with their professors, with their peer students and individual research – with their preference for research-oriented studies in Political Science. Our findings shows that research experience predicts student preference for research-oriented studies, but the direction of that effect depends on whether they performed the research with their professors or other students. Whereas research experiences with other students positively predict preference for research-oriented studies, past research collaboration with professors generated a negative assessment, especially among students with no methodological training, and who did not use their involvement in such research projects to improve their methods skills.