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Rethinking the dissertation: avoiding throwing
the baby out with the bathwater
Mick Healey
HE Consultant and Researcher
University of Gloucestershire, UK
www.mickhealey.co.uk
“new models of curriculum … should
all … incorporate research-based
study for undergraduates”
(Ramsden, 2008: 10-11)
• HE Consultant and Researcher and Emeritus Professor University of Gloucestershire, UK
• Economic geographer and previously Director Centre for Active Learning
• Director HE Academy projects on ‘Undergraduate research’ and ‘Rethinking final year
projects and dissertation’
• Ex-VP for Europe International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow HE Academy
• Advisor to Canadian Federal Government ‘Roundtable on Research, Teaching and
Learning in post-Secondary Education’ (2006)
• Advisor to National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
(Ireland) (2007-11)
• Advisor to Australian Learning and Teaching Council / Office of Learning and Teaching
Projects on the ‘Teaching-research nexus’ (2006-08), ‘Undergraduate research’ (2009-10);
‘Teaching research’ (2011-13 ); and ‘Capstone curriculum across disciplines’ (2013-14)
• Advisor to League of European Research Universities on research-based teaching (2009)
• Adjunct Professor Macquarie University; Visiting Professor University of South Wales;
• Research interests: linking research and teaching; scholarship of teaching; active
learning; developing an inclusive curriculum; students as change agents
Brief biography
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater:  Rethinking the undergraduate dissertation
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater:  Rethinking the undergraduate dissertation
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater:  Rethinking the undergraduate dissertation
http://www.heacademy.ac.u
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Developing and
enhancing
undergraduate
final-year projects
and dissertations
Rethinking the dissertation
Our argument is that a more flexible approach
is needed in the form, function and
assessment of final year projects and
dissertations to meet the needs of all students.
Final year projects and dissertations
We value highly the traditional
dissertation as a potentially
transformational experience, but
we feel one size does not fit all.
Argue need for greater choice in
the form the dissertation may
take, the nature of the end
product, and the ways in which
it is assessed.
Additional or alternative
experience?
Rethinking the dissertation
NTFS funded two year project based at
University of Gloucestershire (2010-12)
Rethinking Final Year Projects and
Dissertations: Creative Honours and Capstone
Projects
In US: The Boyer
Commission (1998, 27)
recommended that all
undergraduate programmes
should “Culminate with a
capstone experience. The
final semester should focus
on a major project and utilize
to the full the research and
communication skills learned
in the previous years.”
Final year projects and dissertations
In Australia: Holdsworth et al.
(2009) reported on
Developing Capstone
Experiences.
In Europe: The reshaping of
the length of the
undergraduate degree
through the Bologna process
has forced rethinking about
whether, how and when to
ensure a research emphasis.
Final year projects and dissertations
In Britain: The final year
dissertation, which has
traditionally been seen as
the gold standard for higher
education, is coming under
pressure for reform as
student participation rates
have increased, the numbers
studying professional
disciplines have grown, and
staff-student ratios have
deteriorated.
Final year projects and dissertations
Our project is about rethinking
the dissertation. We feel that
we can learn much from the
experience of running capstone
courses.
Our focus is on students
undertaking research in their
final year, but it is wider in its
conception, function, form,
location and how it is
disseminated and assessed
than the traditional dissertation.
Final year projects and dissertations
Wider in their:
• conception (e.g. collaborative projects as part of a research
group; consultancy projects);
• function (e.g. synthesising capstone projects; preparatory
projects for transition into a profession);
• form (e.g. student group projects);
• location (e.g. employer and community based projects);
and/or
• how they are disseminated and assessed (e.g. through
exhibitions, undergraduate research conferences and other
forms of public engagement)
Contrast with traditional honours dissertation
Final year projects and dissertations
Alternative research-led
projects in Biosciences at
Durham
a) Laboratory-based project
b) Biology enterprise
c) Biology into schools
MIT@Lawrence is a
university-community
partnership that
connects faculty,
students and staff at
MIT with community-
based organizations
and civic leaders in the
City of Lawrence,
Massachusetts.
Final year undergraduate dissertations
and capstone projects
Final year projects and dissertations
British
Conference on
Undergraduate
Research
University of
Plymouth 15-16
April 2013
Key characteristics of final year
dissertations and projects
Though we argue that there should be a variety
in the conception, function, form, and location
of final year projects and dissertations and
how they are disseminated, all should deliver a
set of core learning outcomes.
In small groups discuss whether you agree
with the ten key characteristics on pp2-4 and
are there any missing.
Final year projects and dissertations
Alternative or additional projects, some of which may
be employment or community-based, are required to
meet the needs of all students regardless of
background, discipline or life goals.
Final Year projects and dissertations
Case studies
1. Arts, Design, Media and
Humanities
2. Business, Hospitality,
Law, Sport and Tourism
3. Interdisciplinary
4. Education, Social and
Environmental Sciences
5. Science, Technology,
Engineering and
Mathematics
Final year projects and dissertations
In groups of 3-4s each of you should look at least one
different mini-case study from groups 1-3 (pp6-16) and
identify interesting practices which you can then share
with others in your group.
Be ready to report
back on ONE
interesting idea from
your group
Time: 10 minutes
Final year projects and dissertations
In groups of 3-4s each of you should look at least one
different mini-case study from groups 3-5 (pp13-25) and
identify interesting practices which you then share with
others in your group.
Be ready to report
back on ONE
interesting idea from
your group
Time: 10 minutes
Final year projects and dissertations
Discuss with a colleague Table 2 on p5 ‘Alternative
possibilities for dissertations’.
What are its strengths and weaknesses? What is
missing?
Time: 5minutes
“I cannot think of anything more unfair than … to treat all students as if they
are the same, when they so manifestly are not” (Elton 2000: 1).
Final year projects and dissertations
In small groups make a list of the different
ways in which you could reduce the staff time
taken in organising and supervising final year
projects and dissertations
5 minutes
Final year projects and dissertations
• Joint briefings
• Group supervision
• Development of peer support opportunities
• Employment of the VLE
• Better preparation in years 1 and 2
Conclusion
It is too early to write the obituary
for the dissertation.
But too maintain its health and
prosperity greater flexibility is
needed in the forms it may take
and students should be given a
choice.
Final year projects and dissertations
An invitation to participate and send us a
case study
Final year projects and dissertations
Let’s be creative
and go beyond
the traditional
dissertation and
capstone project
THE END
For more pictures of
Tess and a 1.5 min
movie see:
www.mickhealey.co.uk

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Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Rethinking the undergraduate dissertation

  • 1. Rethinking the dissertation: avoiding throwing the baby out with the bathwater Mick Healey HE Consultant and Researcher University of Gloucestershire, UK www.mickhealey.co.uk “new models of curriculum … should all … incorporate research-based study for undergraduates” (Ramsden, 2008: 10-11)
  • 2. • HE Consultant and Researcher and Emeritus Professor University of Gloucestershire, UK • Economic geographer and previously Director Centre for Active Learning • Director HE Academy projects on ‘Undergraduate research’ and ‘Rethinking final year projects and dissertation’ • Ex-VP for Europe International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning • National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow HE Academy • Advisor to Canadian Federal Government ‘Roundtable on Research, Teaching and Learning in post-Secondary Education’ (2006) • Advisor to National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (Ireland) (2007-11) • Advisor to Australian Learning and Teaching Council / Office of Learning and Teaching Projects on the ‘Teaching-research nexus’ (2006-08), ‘Undergraduate research’ (2009-10); ‘Teaching research’ (2011-13 ); and ‘Capstone curriculum across disciplines’ (2013-14) • Advisor to League of European Research Universities on research-based teaching (2009) • Adjunct Professor Macquarie University; Visiting Professor University of South Wales; • Research interests: linking research and teaching; scholarship of teaching; active learning; developing an inclusive curriculum; students as change agents Brief biography
  • 7. Rethinking the dissertation Our argument is that a more flexible approach is needed in the form, function and assessment of final year projects and dissertations to meet the needs of all students.
  • 8. Final year projects and dissertations We value highly the traditional dissertation as a potentially transformational experience, but we feel one size does not fit all. Argue need for greater choice in the form the dissertation may take, the nature of the end product, and the ways in which it is assessed. Additional or alternative experience?
  • 9. Rethinking the dissertation NTFS funded two year project based at University of Gloucestershire (2010-12) Rethinking Final Year Projects and Dissertations: Creative Honours and Capstone Projects
  • 10. In US: The Boyer Commission (1998, 27) recommended that all undergraduate programmes should “Culminate with a capstone experience. The final semester should focus on a major project and utilize to the full the research and communication skills learned in the previous years.” Final year projects and dissertations
  • 11. In Australia: Holdsworth et al. (2009) reported on Developing Capstone Experiences. In Europe: The reshaping of the length of the undergraduate degree through the Bologna process has forced rethinking about whether, how and when to ensure a research emphasis. Final year projects and dissertations
  • 12. In Britain: The final year dissertation, which has traditionally been seen as the gold standard for higher education, is coming under pressure for reform as student participation rates have increased, the numbers studying professional disciplines have grown, and staff-student ratios have deteriorated. Final year projects and dissertations
  • 13. Our project is about rethinking the dissertation. We feel that we can learn much from the experience of running capstone courses. Our focus is on students undertaking research in their final year, but it is wider in its conception, function, form, location and how it is disseminated and assessed than the traditional dissertation. Final year projects and dissertations
  • 14. Wider in their: • conception (e.g. collaborative projects as part of a research group; consultancy projects); • function (e.g. synthesising capstone projects; preparatory projects for transition into a profession); • form (e.g. student group projects); • location (e.g. employer and community based projects); and/or • how they are disseminated and assessed (e.g. through exhibitions, undergraduate research conferences and other forms of public engagement) Contrast with traditional honours dissertation
  • 15. Final year projects and dissertations Alternative research-led projects in Biosciences at Durham a) Laboratory-based project b) Biology enterprise c) Biology into schools
  • 16. MIT@Lawrence is a university-community partnership that connects faculty, students and staff at MIT with community- based organizations and civic leaders in the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Final year undergraduate dissertations and capstone projects
  • 17. Final year projects and dissertations British Conference on Undergraduate Research University of Plymouth 15-16 April 2013
  • 18. Key characteristics of final year dissertations and projects Though we argue that there should be a variety in the conception, function, form, and location of final year projects and dissertations and how they are disseminated, all should deliver a set of core learning outcomes. In small groups discuss whether you agree with the ten key characteristics on pp2-4 and are there any missing.
  • 19. Final year projects and dissertations Alternative or additional projects, some of which may be employment or community-based, are required to meet the needs of all students regardless of background, discipline or life goals.
  • 20. Final Year projects and dissertations Case studies 1. Arts, Design, Media and Humanities 2. Business, Hospitality, Law, Sport and Tourism 3. Interdisciplinary 4. Education, Social and Environmental Sciences 5. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
  • 21. Final year projects and dissertations In groups of 3-4s each of you should look at least one different mini-case study from groups 1-3 (pp6-16) and identify interesting practices which you can then share with others in your group. Be ready to report back on ONE interesting idea from your group Time: 10 minutes
  • 22. Final year projects and dissertations In groups of 3-4s each of you should look at least one different mini-case study from groups 3-5 (pp13-25) and identify interesting practices which you then share with others in your group. Be ready to report back on ONE interesting idea from your group Time: 10 minutes
  • 23. Final year projects and dissertations Discuss with a colleague Table 2 on p5 ‘Alternative possibilities for dissertations’. What are its strengths and weaknesses? What is missing? Time: 5minutes
  • 24. “I cannot think of anything more unfair than … to treat all students as if they are the same, when they so manifestly are not” (Elton 2000: 1).
  • 25. Final year projects and dissertations In small groups make a list of the different ways in which you could reduce the staff time taken in organising and supervising final year projects and dissertations 5 minutes
  • 26. Final year projects and dissertations • Joint briefings • Group supervision • Development of peer support opportunities • Employment of the VLE • Better preparation in years 1 and 2
  • 27. Conclusion It is too early to write the obituary for the dissertation. But too maintain its health and prosperity greater flexibility is needed in the forms it may take and students should be given a choice.
  • 28. Final year projects and dissertations An invitation to participate and send us a case study
  • 29. Final year projects and dissertations Let’s be creative and go beyond the traditional dissertation and capstone project
  • 30. THE END For more pictures of Tess and a 1.5 min movie see: www.mickhealey.co.uk

Editor's Notes

  1. Inclusivity involves recognising difference, providing flexibility and choice not uniformity and treating everyone identically.