As an active researcher I am always looking for ways in which to bring research activities broadly defined into my modules. My aim through these activities is to promote students’ engagement with their discipline and support them in developing both subject knowledge and research skills that can enable lifelong learning. I also look to share some of the enthusiasm I have for research and the joy of enquiry and learning.
My contribution to the Innovative Pedagogies project describes what I do on my final year EU Economics module how I do it and why. I break down ‘research-informed-teaching’ into different types of activity: research-tutored research-led research-oriented and research-based. Research-informed-teaching is about so much more than me talking about my own research in class; and this categorisation helps to organise a discussion of the wide range of activities that students can do themselves. I hope these ideas are useful to you whatever your discipline and level of students.
