<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nFranklin Pierce University, a residential college campus in the northeastern U.S. Verna Delauer works with undergraduate students in a inquiry-practice lab.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Together they have been researching emerging autonomy and independence in health decision-making of students on campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Verna writes: “Can we be playful together? Can we make meaning together? How does my position as a faculty member help or hinder this?<\/p>\n
Our goals are to have a flexible open process yet this often feels slightly confusing and out of control.<\/p>\n
I want students to be integral to all aspects of the research from formulating research questions to collecting data, analyzing data, and disseminating data.<\/p>\n
I want to create a learning experience for them but at the same time create a learning community that I can be a part of, not necessarily in charge of. With undergraduates this is tricky, particularly for those at my university many of whom are the first in their families to attend college.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m still figuring out how much guidance and facilitation to offer and how much letting go and sharing the reins I must practice.<\/p>\n
A goal is for the undergraduate lab to function as an ongoing discussion, a place where meaning is built. This has been challenging as I realize the students trust me implicitly which sometimes means they will accept whatever I say. Sometimes it means they will let their own voices emerge.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s most rewarding is that the work of the lab has become personal work for all involved; We continue to reflect on how to bring both our internal selves and our knowledge into our small community.”<\/p>\n
To be continued. We’ll check back with Prof. Delauer on her ART experiment…best wishes for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Franklin Pierce University, a residential college campus in the northeastern U.S. Verna Delauer works with undergraduate students in a inquiry-practice lab.\u00a0 Together they have been researching emerging autonomy and independence in health decision-making of students on campus.\u00a0 Verna writes: “Can we be playful together? Can we make meaning together? How does my position as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,252,211],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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