DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

Background. The context and the science tasks have changed recently which means that there is a need for an updated methodology to form and develop university students’ ability to do a research, i.e. to plan, carry out and present its’ results. Before we develop an educational program or a course th...

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Main Author: Olga N. Sergeeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2022-02-01
Series:Russian Journal of Education and Psychology
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Online Access:http://rjep.ru/jour/index.php/rjep/article/view/110
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description Background. The context and the science tasks have changed recently which means that there is a need for an updated methodology to form and develop university students’ ability to do a research, i.e. to plan, carry out and present its’ results. Before we develop an educational program or a course that is aimed at developing this set of skills, it is important to break the whole process down into stages so that we could see the progress of a student doing a research at university who is getting more and more self-reliant from the start to the end of a project. Materials and methods. The research was done by means of literature review and experience analysis in order to identify pedagogical and methodological background issues that underlie the process of mastering the research skills as part of the self-study competence at university. Results. Based on the findings, we suppose that there are four stages; we called them the (1) Introductory (controlled) stage, (2) Forming (guided) stage, (3) Creative (free) stage, and (4) Independent (reflective-analytical) stage. All four stages smoothly follow one another stimulating and supporting students while they are involved in a research project till they are able to cope with it with the minimum support provided by a third party. Conclusion. The developed scheme of the stages can also serve as a basis for the life-long learning afterwards. When a student masters this set of skills at all four levels, he or she is then capable of repeating the experience starting with the very first stage in another context in their home country or abroad – at another university, research organization, or in another field of research.
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spelling doaj.art-ab62574d0cfd49a1913cf3e12f815a732022-12-22T02:09:31ZengScience and Innovation Center Publishing HouseRussian Journal of Education and Psychology2658-40342782-35632022-02-01131324710.12731/2658-4034-2022-13-1-32-47110DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDOlga N. Sergeeva0High School of EconomicsBackground. The context and the science tasks have changed recently which means that there is a need for an updated methodology to form and develop university students’ ability to do a research, i.e. to plan, carry out and present its’ results. Before we develop an educational program or a course that is aimed at developing this set of skills, it is important to break the whole process down into stages so that we could see the progress of a student doing a research at university who is getting more and more self-reliant from the start to the end of a project. Materials and methods. The research was done by means of literature review and experience analysis in order to identify pedagogical and methodological background issues that underlie the process of mastering the research skills as part of the self-study competence at university. Results. Based on the findings, we suppose that there are four stages; we called them the (1) Introductory (controlled) stage, (2) Forming (guided) stage, (3) Creative (free) stage, and (4) Independent (reflective-analytical) stage. All four stages smoothly follow one another stimulating and supporting students while they are involved in a research project till they are able to cope with it with the minimum support provided by a third party. Conclusion. The developed scheme of the stages can also serve as a basis for the life-long learning afterwards. When a student masters this set of skills at all four levels, he or she is then capable of repeating the experience starting with the very first stage in another context in their home country or abroad – at another university, research organization, or in another field of research.http://rjep.ru/jour/index.php/rjep/article/view/110research skillsself-studylifelong learning
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DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Russian Journal of Education and Psychology
research skills
self-study
lifelong learning
title DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
title_full DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
title_fullStr DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
title_full_unstemmed DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
title_short DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AND SELF-STUDY SKILLS: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
title_sort developing students research and self study skills theoretical background
topic research skills
self-study
lifelong learning
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