Crosscultural Undergraduate Research

Harald A. Mieg: Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos: Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew: Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli: Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann: Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Research is increasingly international. There is a rising awareness that sharing knowledge and perspectives contributes to finding solutions to global challenges. It thus seems logical for researchers involved in teaching to share this international experience with students and offer them an international research-based learning opportunity. In this chapter, we look at undergraduate research projects organized in cooperation with partner universities abroad. We ask what form these collaborations take, what challenges they meet in crosscultural teaching and learning settings, and what we can learn from their experience.

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cross-cultural undergraduate research inquiry-based research research-based learning internationalization collaboration global virtual teams virtual exchange mobility digitalization

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 709 - 722

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108869508.096 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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